Lipid probes and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, probes, assays and kits for identifying a lipid binding protein as a drug binding target. Also disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and probes for mapping a ligand binding site on a lipid binding protein, identification of lipid binding proteins, generating drug-lipid binding protein profiles, high throughput drug screening, and identification of drugs as potential lipid binding protein ligands.

CROSS-REFERENCES

The subject application is a continuation of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 15/080,767, filed Mar. 25, 2016, which claims priority to U.S.Provisional Patent Application No. 62/139,576, filed Mar. 27, 2015, thedisclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT AS TO FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

The invention disclosed herein was made, at least in part, with U.S.government support under Grant Nos. CA132630 and DA032541 by theNational Institutes of Health. Accordingly, the U.S. Government hascertain rights in this invention.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Small-molecule metabolites modulate various components of life. In someinstances, their biological functions are mediated and regulated byinteractions with proteins. In some cases, these metabolite-proteininteractions include ligand-receptor, substrate-enzyme, andclient-carrier relationships, many of which represent key nodes inbiochemical networks that regulate cell physiology and disease.Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells harbor numerous structurally distinctmetabolites. Among these natural products, lipids display a capacity tointeract with and to affect the functions of proteins.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of identifying alipid binding protein as a drug binding target, comprising: (a)harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a sample whereinthe lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group, and anaffinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-protein complexesby a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigning a valueto each of the lipid binding proteins from the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes; (d) based on the value assigned in c),identifying a lipid binding protein as a drug binding target. In someembodiments, the sample comprises a first cell solution and a secondcell solution. In some embodiments, the method further comprisescontacting the first cell solution with a first lipid probe andcontacting the second cell solution with a second lipid probe. In someembodiments, the first lipid probe and the second lipid probe are thesame. In some embodiments, the second cell solution comprises a drug. Insome embodiments, the second cell solution further comprises a buffer ora media. In some embodiments, the method further comprises treating thefirst cell solution and the second cell solution by a photoreactivemeans to generate a first group of lipid probe-protein complexes and asecond group of lipid probe-protein complexes, wherein the first groupand the second group of lipid probe-protein complexes comprise the setof lipid probe-protein complexes. In some embodiments, the methodfurther comprises contacting the first cell solution with a first set oflipid probes wherein each of the lipid probes comprises a lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle, and wherein each lipidprobe is different within the set. In some embodiments, the methodfurther comprises contacting the second cell solution with a second setof lipid probes wherein each of the lipid probes comprises a lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle, and wherein each lipidprobe is different within the set. In some embodiments, the first set oflipid probes and the second set of lipid probes are the same. In someembodiments, the method further comprises treating the first cellsolution and the second cell solution by a photoreactive means togenerate a third group of lipid probe-protein complexes and a fourthgroup of lipid probe-protein complexes. In some embodiments, the lipidis a bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, the lipid comprises fattyacyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterollipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In someembodiments, the lipid is a member of the fatty acyls group. In someembodiments, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids, octadecanoids,eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters,fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. Insome embodiments, the lipid is a fatty acid. In some embodiments, thefatty acid comprises a saturated fatty acid, a monounsaturated fattyacid, or a polyunsaturated fatty acid. In some embodiments, thesaturated fatty acid comprises propanoic acid, butanoic acid, pentanoicacid, hexanoic acid, heptanoic acid, octanoic acid, nonanoic acid,decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, tridecanoic acid,tetradecanoic acid, pentadecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, heptadecanoicacid, octadecanoic acid, nonadecanoic acid, eicosanoic acid,heneicosanoic acid, docosanoic acid, tricosanoic acid, tetracosanoicacid, pentacosanoic acid, hexacosanoic acid, heptacosanoic acid,octacosanoic acid, nonacosanoic acid, triacontanoic acid,henatriacontanoic acid, dotriacontanoic acid, tritriacontanoic acid,tetratriacontanoic acid, pentatriacontanoic acid, or hexatriacontanoicacid. In some embodiments, the monounsaturated fatty acid comprisespalmitoleic acid, vaccenic acid, oleic acid, eicosenoic acid, erucicacid, gadoleic acid, myristoleic acid, or nervonic acid. In someembodiments, the polyunsaturated fatty acid comprises omega-3 fattyacids, omega-6 fatty acids, omega-9 fatty acids, or conjugated fattyacids. In some embodiments, the polyunsaturated fatty acid compriseshexadecatrienoic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, stearidonic acid,eicosatrienoic acid, eicosatetraenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid,heneicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid,tetracosapentaenoic acid, tetracosahexaenoic acid, linoleic acid,gamma-linolenic acid, eicosadienoic acid, dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid,arachidonic acid, docosadienoic acid, adrenic acid, docosapentaenoicacid, tetracosatetraenoic acid, tetracosapentaenoic acid, mead acid,rumenic acid, alpha-calendic acid, beta-calendic acid, jacaric acid,alpha-eleostearic acid, beta-eleostearic acid, catalpic acid, punicicacid, rumelenic acid, alpha-parinaric acid, beta-parinaric acid,bosseopentaenoic acid, pinolenic acid, or podocarpic acid. In someembodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some embodiments, thesterol lipid comprises sterols, steroids, secosteroids, or bile acids.In some embodiments, the sterol comprises cholesterol, ergosterol,C24-propyl sterols, or stanol. In some embodiments, the photoreactivegroup comprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines,diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In some embodiments, thephotoreactive group is diazirine, or its derivatives thereof. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group further comprises a linker. In someembodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some embodiments, the affinity handle comprises analkyne or an azide group. In some embodiments, the affinity handle isconjugated to the terminal carbon atom of the lipid probe. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group and the affinity handle areconjugated to the same site of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, thephotoreactive group and the affinity handle are conjugated to differentsites of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, the photoreactive meanscomprises ultraviolet light. In some embodiments, the affinity handle isfurther conjugated to an affinity ligand. In some embodiments, theaffinity ligand comprises a chromophore, a labeling group, or acombination thereof. In some embodiments, the chromophore comprisesfluorochrome, non-fluorochrome chromophore, quencher, an absorptionchromophore, fluorophore, organic dye, inorganic dye, metal chelate, ora fluorescent enzyme substrate. In some embodiments, the fluorophorecomprises rhodamine, rhodol, fluorescein, thiofluorescein,aminofluorescein, carboxyfluorescein, chlorofluorescein,methylfluorescein, sulfofluorescein, aminorhodol, carboxyrhodol,chlororhodol, methylrhodol, sulforhodol, aminorhodamine,carboxyrhodamine, chlororhodamine, methylrhodamine, sulforhodamine,thiorhodamine, cyanine, indocarbocyanine, oxacarbocyanine,thiacarbocyanine, merocyanine, cyanine 2, cyanine 3, cyanine 3.5,cyanine 5, cyanine 5.5, cyanine 7, oxadiazole derivatives,pyridyloxazole, nitrobenzoxadiazole, benzoxadiazole, pyren derivatives,cascade blue, oxazine derivatives, Nile red, Nile blue, cresyl violet,oxazine 170, acridine derivatives, proflavin, acridine orange, acridineyellow, arylmethine derivatives, auramine, crystal violet, malachitegreen, tetrapyrrole derivatives, porphin, phtalocyanine, bilirubin1-dimethylaminonaphthyl-5-sulfonate, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate,2-p-toluidinyl-6-naphthalene sulfonate, 3-phenyl-7-isocyanatocoumarin,N-(p-(2-benzoxazolyl)phenyl)maleimide, stilbenes, pyrenes, 6-FAM(Fluorescein), 6-FAM (NHS Ester), 5(6)-FAM, 5-FAM, Fluorescein dT,5-TAMRA-cadavarine, 2-aminoacridone, HEX, JOE (NHS Ester), MAX, TET,ROX, TAMRA, TAMRA™ (NHS Ester), TEX 615, ATTO™ 488, ATTO™ 532, ATTO™550, ATTO™ 565, ATTO™ Rho101, ATTO™ 590, ATTO™ 633, ATTO™ 647N, TYE™563, TYE™ 665, or TYE™ 705. In some embodiments, the labeling group isbiotin moiety, streptavidin moiety, bead, resin, a solid support, or acombination thereof. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises: alipid selected from arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, orstearoyl fatty acyls; a photoreactive linker; and an affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein:A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;

-   -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;    -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;    -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;    -   n is 1, 2, or 3;        PG is a photoreactive group; and        AH is an affinity handle;        wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in Table 1. In some embodiments, the lipid bindingprotein is an enzyme, a transporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channelprotein, or a chaperone. In some embodiments, the lipid binding proteinis a protein encoded by a gene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a geneof Table 4, or a protein encoded by a gene of Table 5. In someembodiments, the first cell solution further comprises a control. Insome embodiments, the control is dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). In someembodiments, the proteomic analysis means comprises a mass spectroscopymethod. In some embodiments, the value assigned to each of the lipidbinding protein in step c) is the area-under-the curve from a plot ofsignal intensity as a function of mass-to-charge ratio. In someembodiments, the identifying in step d) further comprises (i) locating afirst value assigned to a lipid binding protein from the first group oflipid probe-protein complex and a second value of the same lipid bindingprotein from the second group of lipid probe-protein complex; and (ii)calculating a ratio between the two values assigned to the same lipidbinding protein. In some embodiments, the ratio of greater than 2indicates that the lipid binding protein is a candidate for interactingwith the drug. In some embodiments, the ratio of greater than 3indicates that the lipid binding protein is a candidate for interactingwith the drug. In some embodiments, the method further comprisescontacting the second cell solution with an additional drug. In someembodiments, the method further comprises generating a drug-lipidbinding protein profile. In some embodiments, the drug-lipid bindingprotein profile is a profile that indicates the array of lipid bindingproteins that interact with the drug. In some embodiments, the methodfurther comprises classifying the drug as a specific inhibitor or a paninhibitor. In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a tumor cellline. In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a Neuro2a or A549cell line. In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a tumorsample. In some embodiments, the sample is a tissue sample. In someembodiments, the method is an in situ method.

Described herein is a method of mapping a ligand binding site on a lipidbinding protein, comprising (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes from a sample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set oflipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means; and (c)based on step b), locating a ligand binding site on the lipid bindingprotein. In some embodiments, step b) further comprises treating the setof lipid probe-protein complexes with a protease to generate a set ofprotein fragments. In some embodiments, each protein fragment isattached to a lipid probe. In some embodiments, locating furthercomprises determining the sequence of the set of protein fragments. Insome embodiments, the protein fragment correlates to a ligand bindingsite on a lipid binding protein. In some embodiments, the samplecomprises a first cell solution and a second cell solution. In someembodiments, the second cell solution comprises a drug. In someembodiments, the second cell solution further comprises a buffer or amedia. In some embodiments, the method further comprises treating thefirst cell solution and the second cell solution by a photoreactivemeans to generate a first group of lipid probe-protein complexes and asecond group of lipid probe-protein complexes, wherein the first groupand the second group of lipid probe-protein complexes comprise the setof lipid probe-protein complexes. In some embodiments, the lipid is abioactive lipid. In some embodiments, the lipid comprises fatty acyls,glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids,prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some embodiments, thelipid is a member of the fatty acyls group. In some embodiments, thefatty acyls comprise fatty acids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids,docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, fattyamides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. In someembodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some embodiments, thephotoreactive group comprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds,diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In some embodiments, theaffinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. In some embodiments,the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine,maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone,hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group. In someembodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; aphotoreactive linker; and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, thelipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein:A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;

-   -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;    -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;    -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;    -   n is 1, 2, or 3;        PG is a photoreactive group; and        AH is an affinity handle;        wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in Table 1. In some embodiments, the lipid bindingprotein is a soluble protein or a membrane protein. In some embodiments,the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, a transporter, a receptor, anadaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone. In some embodiments, thelipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a gene of Table 3, aprotein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a protein encoded by a gene ofTable 5. In some embodiments, the proteomic analysis means comprises amass spectroscopy method. In some embodiments, the sample is a tissuesample.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a lipid probe-proteincomposition comprising a lipid probe and a lipid binding protein. Insome embodiments, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, a transporter,a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a gene ofTable 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, a protein encoded by agene of Table 5, or a protein encoded by a gene of Table 6. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1). Insome embodiments, the lipid binding protein is a protein fragment. Insome embodiments, the protein fragment is a protein fragment of Table 6.In some embodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In someembodiments, the lipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids,glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids,saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some embodiments, the lipid is amember of the fatty acyls group. In some embodiments, the fatty acylscomprise fatty acids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fattyalcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles,fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. In some embodiments, the lipidis a fatty acid. In some embodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. Insome embodiments, the sterol lipid comprises sterols, steroids,secosteroids, or bile acids. In some embodiments, the sterol comprisescholesterol, ergosterol, C24-propyl sterols, or stanol. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides, benzophenone,diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In someembodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises: alipid selected from arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, orstearoyl fatty acyls; a photoreactive linker; and an affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein:A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;

-   -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;    -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;    -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;    -   n is 1, 2, or 3;        PG is a photoreactive group; and        AH is an affinity handle;        wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in Table 1.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a lipid probe-proteincomposition produced by a process comprising contacting a sample with alipid probe, and treating the sample comprising the lipid probe by aphotoreactive means, wherein the treating time is from about 5 minutesto about 1 hour. In some embodiments, the treating time is about 10minutes. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, thelipid is a bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, the lipid comprisesfatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterollipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In someembodiments, the lipid is a member of the fatty acyls group. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides, benzophenone,diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In someembodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipidselected from arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoylfatty acyls; a photoreactive linker; and an affinity handle. In someembodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein:A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;

-   -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;    -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;    -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;    -   n is 1, 2, or 3;        PG is a photoreactive group; and        AH is an affinity handle;        wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in Table 1. In some embodiments, the protein from thelipid probe-protein composition is a lipid binding protein. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, a transporter, areceptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a gene ofTable 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, a protein encoded by agene of Table 5, or a protein encoded by a gene of Table 6. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1). Insome embodiments, the method further comprises treating the lipidprobe-protein composition with a protease. In some embodiments, theprotein of the protease treated lipid probe-protein composition is aprotein fragment. In some embodiments, the protein fragment is a proteinfragment of Table 6. In some embodiments, the photoreactive meanscomprises ultraviolet light. In some embodiments, the sample is a cellsolution sample. In some embodiments, the sample is a tissue sample.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a composition comprising anisolated sample wherein the isolated sample is an isolated cell or atissue sample; and a lipid probe to be assayed for its ability tointeract with a lipid binding protein expressed in the isolated sample.In some embodiments, the composition further comprises a drug as a testcompound. In some embodiments, the lipid probe is assayed for itsability to interact with a lipid binding protein expressed in the samplein the presence of the drug.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is an isolated treated cellcomprising a lipid probe attached to a lipid binding protein. In someembodiments, the lipid probe is attached to the lipid binding proteinthrough a covalent bond. In some embodiments, the isolated treated cellfurther comprises a set of lipid probes wherein each of the lipid probesis attached to a lipid binding protein. In some embodiments, each lipidprobe within the set is different. In some embodiments, each lipid probewithin the set is the same.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is an isolated treatedpopulation of cells comprising a set of lipid probes attached to lipidbinding proteins. In some embodiments, each of the lipid probes isattached to a lipid binding protein through a covalent bond. In someembodiments, each lipid probe within the set is different. In someembodiments, each lipid probe within the set is the same.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a lipid probe comprising alipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle wherein the lipidprobe is constructed for detecting a drug-lipid binding proteininteraction. In some embodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. Insome embodiments, the lipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids,glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids,saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some embodiments, the lipid is amember of the fatty acyls group. In some embodiments, the fatty acylscomprise fatty acids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fattyalcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles,fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. In some embodiments, the lipidis a sterol lipid. In some embodiments, the photoreactive groupcomprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazoniumsalts, or diaryl ketones. In some embodiments, the photoreactive groupis diazirine, or its derivatives thereof. In some embodiments, theaffinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. In some embodiments,the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine,maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone,hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group. In someembodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; aphotoreactive linker; and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, thelipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein:A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;

-   -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;    -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;    -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;    -   n is 1, 2, or 3;        PG is a photoreactive group; and        AH is an affinity handle;        wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or D.

In some embodiments, PG is attached to A. In some embodiments, AH isattached to A. In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of thefollowing structures as illustrated in Table 1. In some embodiments, theprobe is a lipid binding protein ligand. In some embodiments, the probeis a competitive ligand for interaction with a lipid binding protein inthe presence of a drug. In some embodiments, the lipid binding proteinis an enzyme, a transporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein,or a chaperone. In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is aprotein encoded by a gene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene ofTable 4, or a protein encoded by a gene of Table 5. In some embodiments,the lipid binding protein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1).

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is an isolated and purifiedpolypeptide comprising at least 90% sequence identity to at least sevencontiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6,wherein the isolated and purified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acidsin length. In some embodiments, the isolated and purified polypeptidecomprising at least 95% sequence identity to at least seven contiguousamino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6, wherein theisolated and purified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acids in length.In some embodiments, the isolated and purified polypeptide comprising100% sequence identity to at least seven contiguous amino acids of anamino acid sequence selected from Table 6, wherein the isolated andpurified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acids in length. In someembodiments, the isolated and purified polypeptide consisting 100%sequence identity to the full length of an amino acid sequence selectedfrom Table 6, wherein the isolated and purified polypeptide is at most50 amino acids in length.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a nucleic acid encoding apolypeptide comprising at least 90% sequence identity at least sevencontiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6.In some embodiments, the nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprisingat least 95% sequence identity at least seven contiguous amino acids ofan amino acid sequence selected from Table 6. In some embodiments, thenucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising 100% sequence identity atleast seven contiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selectedfrom Table 6. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid encoding apolypeptide consisting 100% sequence identity to the full length of anamino acid sequence selected from Table 6.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of screening adrug for interaction with a lipid binding protein, comprising: (a)contacting a solution comprising a purified recombinant lipid bindingprotein and a drug with a lipid probe, wherein the lipid probe comprisesa lipid and a fluorophore; and (b) detecting a change in fluorescencepolarization relative to a control, wherein the change in fluorescencepolarization indicates an interaction between the drug and the lipidbinding protein. In some embodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. Insome embodiments, the lipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids,glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids,saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some embodiments, the lipid is amember of the fatty acyls group. In some embodiments, the fatty acylscomprise fatty acids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fattyalcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles,fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. In some embodiments, the lipidis a fatty acid. In some embodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. Insome embodiments, the sterol lipid comprises sterols, steroids,secosteroids, or bile acids. In some embodiments, the sterol comprisescholesterol, ergosterol, C24-propyl sterols, or stanol. In someembodiments, the lipid probe further comprises a photoreactive group. Insome embodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides,benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diarylketones. In some embodiments, the photoreactive group is diazirine, orits derivatives thereof. In some embodiments, the photoreactive groupfurther comprises a linker. In some embodiments, the fluorophorecomprises rhodamine, rhodol, fluorescein, thiofluorescein,aminofluorescein, carboxyfluorescein, chlorofluorescein,methylfluorescein, sulfofluorescein, aminorhodol, carboxyrhodol,chlororhodol, methylrhodol, sulforhodol, aminorhodamine,carboxyrhodamine, chlororhodamine, methylrhodamine, sulforhodamine,thiorhodamine, cyanine, indocarbocyanine, oxacarbocyanine,thiacarbocyanine, merocyanine, cyanine 2, cyanine 3, cyanine 3.5,cyanine 5, cyanine 5.5, cyanine 7, oxadiazole derivatives,pyridyloxazole, nitrobenzoxadiazole, benzoxadiazole, pyren derivatives,cascade blue, oxazine derivatives, Nile red, Nile blue, cresyl violet,oxazine 170, acridine derivatives, proflavin, acridine orange, acridineyellow, arylmethine derivatives, auramine, crystal violet, malachitegreen, tetrapyrrole derivatives, porphin, phtalocyanine, bilirubin1-dimethylaminonaphthyl-5-sulfonate, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate,2-p-toluidinyl-6-naphthalene sulfonate, 3-phenyl-7-isocyanatocoumarin,N-(p-(2-benzoxazolyl)phenyl)maleimide, stilbenes, pyrenes, 6-FAM(Fluorescein), 6-FAM (NHS Ester), 5(6)-FAM, 5-FAM, Fluorescein dT,5-TAMRA-cadavarine, 2-aminoacridone, HEX, JOE (NHS Ester), MAX, TET,ROX, TAMRA, TAMRA™ (NHS Ester), TEX 615, ATTO™ 488, ATTO™ 532, ATTO™550, ATTO™ 565, ATTO™ Rho101, ATTO™ 590, ATTO™ 633, ATTO™ 647N, TYE™563, TYE™ 665, or TYE™ 705. In some embodiments, the fluorophore isconjugated to the hydrophilic portion of the lipid probe. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group and the fluorophore are conjugatedto different sites of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, the lipidprobe comprises an arachidonic acid and a fluorophore. In someembodiments, the lipid binding protein is a soluble protein or amembrane protein. In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is anenzyme, a transporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or achaperone. In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is a proteinencoded by a gene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, ora protein encoded by a gene of Table 5. In some embodiments, the lipidbinding protein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1). In some embodiments, themethod further comprises conjugating the lipid probe to the isolatedrecombinant lipid binding protein through a photoreactive means. In someembodiments, the photoreactive means comprises ultraviolet light. Insome embodiments, the method further comprises contacting the solutionwith an additional drug. In some embodiments, the method furthercomprises generating a drug-lipid binding protein profile. In someembodiments, the drug-lipid binding protein profile is a profile thatindicates the array of lipid binding proteins that interact with thedrug. In some embodiments, the method further comprises classifying thedrug as a specific inhibitor or a pan inhibitor. In some embodiments,the method is a high throughput screening method.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a lipid probe comprising alipid and a fluorophore wherein the lipid probe is constructed fordetecting a drug-lipid binding protein interaction. In some embodiments,the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, the lipid comprisesfatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterollipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In someembodiments, the lipid is a member of the fatty acyls group. In someembodiments, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids, octadecanoids,eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters,fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. Insome embodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some embodiments, thelipid probe further comprises a photoreactive group. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides, benzophenone,diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group is diazirine, or its derivativesthereof. In some embodiments, the fluorophore is conjugated to thehydrophilic portion of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, the lipidprobe comprises arachidonic acid and a fluorophore. In some embodiments,the lipid probe is2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate.In some embodiments, the probe is a ligand for a lipid binding protein.In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by agene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a proteinencoded by a gene of Table 5. In some embodiments, the lipid bindingprotein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1).

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a lipid probe comprising alipid and a fluorophore wherein the lipid probe is constructed fordetecting a drug-nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1) interaction. In someembodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, thelipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids,sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, orpolyketides. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises arachidonicacid and a fluorophore. In some embodiments, the lipid probe is2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a compound of Formula (II),or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof:

-   -   wherein:    -   R¹ is H, halogen, —CN, —OH, C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄fluoroalkoxy,        —NO₂, —S—C₁-C₄alkyl, —S(═O)—C₁-C₄alkyl, or —S(═O)₂—C₁-C₄alkyl;    -   R² is H, halogen, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, or substituted or        unsubstituted phenyl, where if R² is substituted then R² is        substituted with 1 or 2 R⁵;        -   each R⁵ is independently selected from the group consisting            of H, halogen, —CN, —NO₂, —OH, —SR⁶, —S(═O)R⁶, —S(═O)₂R⁶,            —C(═O)R⁶, —CO₂H, —CO₂R⁶, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, —N(R⁶)₂, —C(═O)NH₂,            —C(═O)NHR⁶, —C(═O)N(R⁶)₂, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄fluoroalkyl,            C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄fluoroalkoxy, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl,            C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl, phenyl, and phenoxy;    -   R³ is H, or C₁-C₄alkyl;    -   R⁴ is hydrogen, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄alkoxy, —NHNH₂, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, or        —N(R⁶)₂;    -   each R⁶ is independently selected from the group consisting of        C₁-C₆alkyl, C₁-C₆fluoroalkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, a substituted or        unsubstituted phenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted benzyl;    -   or two R⁶ groups attached to the same N atom are taken together        with the N atom to which they are attached to form a        C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted with        C₁-C₄alkyl or C₃-C₆cycloalkyl.

In some embodiments,

-   -   R¹ is H, C₁, —NO₂, or —S(═O)₂—CH₃;    -   R³ is H, or —CH₃.

In some embodiments,

-   -   R⁴ is —NHNH₂, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, or —N(R⁶)₂.

In some embodiments, the compound has the following structure of Formula(III):

In some embodiments,

-   -   each R⁶ is independently selected from the group consisting of        C₁-C₆alkyl, C₁-C₆fluoroalkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, or benzyl;    -   or two R⁶ groups attached to the same N atom are taken together        with the N atom to which they are attached to form a        C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted with        C₁-C₄alkyl or C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, wherein the C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl        is pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl,        piperazinyl, aziridinyl, or azetidinyl.

In some embodiments, the compound has one of the following structures asillustrated in Table 2. In some embodiments, the compound is anucleobindin-1 (NUCB1) ligand.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a composition comprising acompound of Formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt orsolvate thereof; and an excipient. In some embodiments, the compositionis formulated for administration to a mammal by intravenousadministration, subcutaneous administration, oral administration,inhalation, nasal administration, dermal administration, or ophthalmicadministration. In some embodiments, the composition is in the form of atablet, a pill, a capsule, a liquid, a suspension, a gel, a dispersion,a solution, an emulsion, an ointment, or a lotion.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of identifying alipid binding protein, comprising (a) harvesting a set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from a sample wherein the lipid probe comprisesa lipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzingthe set of lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means;(c) based on step b), assigning a value to each of the proteins from theset of lipid probe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the valueassigned in c), identifying a protein as a lipid binding protein. Insome embodiments, the sample comprises a first cell solution and asecond cell solution. In some embodiments, the method further comprisescontacting the first cell solution with a first lipid probe andcontacting the second cell solution with a second lipid probe. In someembodiments, the first lipid probe and the second lipid probe are thesame. In some embodiments, the second cell solution comprises a bufferor a media. In some embodiments, the method further comprises treatingthe first cell solution by a photoreactive means. In some embodiments,the method further comprises contacting the first cell solution with afirst set of lipid probes wherein each of the lipid probes comprises alipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle, and wherein eachlipid probe is different within the set. In some embodiments, the methodfurther comprises contacting the second cell solution with a second setof lipid probes wherein each of the lipid probes comprises a lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle, and wherein each lipidprobe is different within the set. In some embodiments, the first set oflipid probes and the second set of lipid probes are the same. In someembodiments, the method further comprises treating the first cellsolution by a photoreactive means. In some embodiments, the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes further comprises a first group of lipidprobe-protein complexes from the first cell solution and a second groupof lipid probe-protein complexes from the second cell solution. In someembodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, thelipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids,sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, orpolyketides. In some embodiments, the lipid is a member of the fattyacyls group. In some embodiments, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids,octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fattyaldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, orfatty acyl glycosides. In some embodiments, the lipid is a fatty acid.In some embodiments, the fatty acid comprises a saturated fatty acid, amonounsaturated fatty acid, or a polyunsaturated fatty acid. In someembodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some embodiments, thesterol lipid comprises sterols, steroids, secosteroids, or bile acids.In some embodiments, the sterol comprises cholesterol, ergosterol,C24-propyl sterols, or stanol. In some embodiments, the photoreactivegroup comprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines,diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In some embodiments, thephotoreactive group is diazirine, or its derivatives thereof. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group further comprises a linker. In someembodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some embodiments, the affinity handle comprises analkyne or an azide group. In some embodiments, the affinity handle isconjugated to the terminal carbon atom of the lipid probe. In someembodiments, the photoreactive group and the affinity handle areconjugated to the same site of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, thephotoreactive group and the affinity handle are conjugated to differentsites of the lipid probe. In some embodiments, the lipid probecomprises: a lipid selected from arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl,palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; a photoreactive linker; and anaffinity handle. In some embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probeof Formula (I):

-   -   wherein:    -   A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;    -   D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;        -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;        -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;        -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;        -   n is 1, 2, or 3;    -   PG is a photoreactive group; and    -   AH is an affinity handle;        -   wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or            D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in Table 1. In some embodiments, the protein is a solubleprotein or a membrane protein. In some embodiments, the protein is anenzyme, a transporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or achaperone. In some embodiments, the protein is a protein encoded by agene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a proteinencoded by a gene of Table 5. In some embodiments, the photoreactivemeans comprises ultraviolet light. In some embodiments, the affinityhandle is further conjugated to an affinity ligand. In some embodiments,the affinity ligand comprises a chromophore, a labeling group, or acombination thereof. In some embodiments, the chromophore comprisesfluorochrome, non-fluorochrome chromophore, quencher, an absorptionchromophore, fluorophore, organic dye, inorganic dye, metal chelate, ora fluorescent enzyme substrate. In some embodiments, the labeling groupis biotin moiety, streptavidin moiety, bead, resin, a solid support, ora combination thereof. In some embodiments, the first cell solutionfurther comprises a control. In some embodiments, the control isdimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). In some embodiments, the value assigned toeach of the protein in step c) is the area-under-the curve from a plotof signal intensity as a function of mass-to-charge ratio. In someembodiments, the identifying in step d) further comprises (i) locating afirst value assigned to a protein from the first group of lipidprobe-protein complex and a second value of the same protein from thesecond group of lipid probe-protein complex; and (ii) calculating aratio between the two values. In some embodiments, the ratio of greaterthan 2 indicates that the protein is a candidate for interacting withthe lipid probe. In some embodiments, the ratio of greater than 3indicates that the protein is a candidate for interacting with the lipidprobe. In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a tumor cell line.In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a Neuro2a or A549 cellline. In some embodiments, the cell is obtained from a tumor sample. Insome embodiments, the sample is a tissue sample. In some embodiments,the method is an in situ method.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of identifying afatty acyl binding protein, comprising: (a) harvesting a set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from a sample wherein the lipid probe comprisesa lipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzingthe set of lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means;(c) based on step b), assigning a value to each of the proteins from theset of lipid probe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the valueassigned in c), identifying a protein as a fatty acyl binding protein.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of identifying afatty acyl binding protein as a drug binding target, comprising: (a)harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a sample whereinthe lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group, and anaffinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-protein complexesby a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigning a valueto each of the fatty acyl binding proteins from the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the value assigned in c),identifying a fatty acyl binding protein as a drug binding target.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of generating adrug-lipid binding protein profile, comprising: (a) harvesting a set oflipid probe-protein complexes from a sample wherein the lipid probecomprises a lipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle; (b)analyzing the set of lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomicanalysis means; (c) based on step b), assigning a value to each of thelipid binding proteins to generate a set of values; and (d) based on theset of values assigned in c), generate a drug-lipid binding proteinprofile. In some embodiments, the drug-lipid binding protein profile isa profile that indicates the array of lipid binding proteins thatinteracts with the drug.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of evaluating theselectivity of a drug for binding to a lipid binding protein,comprising: (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from asample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group,and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes by a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigninga value to each of the lipid binding proteins from the first and secondsets of lipid probe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the valueassigned in c), classifying the drug as a specific inhibitor of a lipidbinding protein or as a pan inhibitor.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of mapping adrug-induced metabolic change in a cell, comprising: (a) contacting asample with a lipid binding protein ligand; (b) harvesting a set oflipids from a sample; (c) analyzing the set of metabolites by aproteomic analysis means; (d) based on step c), assigning a value toeach of the metabolites from the set; and (e) based on step c),identifying one or more metabolites those expression levels have beenchanged relative to a control, wherein the changes in the one or moremetabolite levels correlate to the drug-induced metabolic change in thecell. In some embodiments, the control is the expression levels of theone or more metabolites in the absence of the drug.

Described herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of monitoring themetabolic change of a cell with incubation of two or more drugs,comprising: (a) contacting a sample with a lipid binding protein ligand;(b) harvesting a set of lipids from a sample; (c) analyzing the set ofmetabolites by a proteomic analysis means; (d) based on step c),assigning a value to each of the metabolites from the set; and (e) basedon step d), identifying one or more metabolites those expression levelshave been changed relative to a control, wherein the changes in the oneor more metabolite levels correlate to the metabolic change of the cellwith incubation of two or more drugs. In some embodiments, the controlis the expression levels of the one or more metabolites in the absenceof the two or more drugs.

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Various aspects of the invention are set forth with particularity in theappended claims. A better understanding of the features and advantagesof the present invention will be obtained by reference to the followingdetailed description that sets forth illustrative embodiments, in whichthe principles of the invention are utilized, and the accompanyingdrawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates structural representations of lipid probes describedherein.

FIG. 2 illustrates a conceptual schematic of an exemplary computerserver to be used for processing a method described herein.

FIG. 3 illustrates chemical proteomic probes for mapping lipid-bindingproteins in cells. (A) Structures of lipid probes featuring arachidonoyl(AEA-DA, AA-DA and A-DA), oleoyl (OEADA and O-DA), palmitoyl (PEA-DA)and stearoyl (S-DA) acyl chains, as well as photoreactive (diazirine)and alkyne groups. (B) AEA-DA and A-DA probes which show overlapping,but distinct protein interaction profiles in HEK293T cells. Cells weretreated with each probe (20 μM) for 30 min in situ beforephotocrosslinking and analysis of probe-modified proteins as describedin FIG. 4. (C) Arachidonoyl probe labeling of membrane and solubleproteins depend on UV irradiation of cells. (D) Comparative labelingprofiles of lipid probes (20 μM, 30 min) in HEK293T cells. Red and bluearrows mark representative proteins preferentially labeled byarachidonoyl and oleoyl/palmitoyl probes, respectively. See FIG. 4C forprofiles of A-DA, O-DA and S-DA.

FIG. 4 illustrates chemical proteomic probes for mapping lipid-bindingproteins in cells. (A) Experimental workflow for gel-based profiling oflipid-binding proteins in mammalian cells. Cells are incubated withlipid probes for 30 min prior to crosslinking with UV light (10 min, 4°C.) and subsequent cell lysis. Probe-labeled proteins are thenconjugated a rhodamineazide (Rh—N3) reporter tag by copper-catalyzedazide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC or “click”) chemistry to allow forvisualization of probe-labeled targets by SDS-PAGE and in-gelfluorescent scanning. (B) Membrane and soluble protein labeling profilesfor the AEA-DA and AA-DA probes (20 μM) in HEK293T cells. Note that theAA-DA probe almost exclusively labels membrane proteins, whereas theAEA-DA probe interacts with both membrane and soluble proteins. (C)Comparative protein labeling profiles of the A-DA, 0-DA and S-DA probesin HEK293T cells, revealing a greater degree of labeling by the A-DAversus 0-DA or S-DA probes.

FIG. 5 shows protein targets of lipid probes mapped by quantitativeMS-based proteomics. (A) Depiction of experimental workflow for mappinglipid-binding proteins in cells by quantitative MS-based profiling.Light- and heavy amino acid-labeled SILAC cells were first treated withthe indicated lipid probe (20 μM) and comparison condition in completemedia supplemented with fetal bovine serum (10%). After 30 min, themedia was removed and the cells were irradiated for 10 min at 4° C.Heavy and light proteomes from the treated cells were mixed in equalproportions and the combined proteome was separated into membrane andsoluble fractions by ultracentrifugation. Probe-labeled proteins werethen conjugated to a biotin tag using CuAAC. Following streptavidinenrichment, probe targets were then digested on-bead and the resultingtryptic peptides were analyzed by multidimensional (strong cationexchange/reverse phase) liquid chromatography and tandem massspectrometry. Targets were defined as proteins with ≥3 unique quantifiedpeptides and SILAC ratios ≥3 in probe-versus-No UV experiments and ≤2 inprobe-probe control experiments. (B) Heavy/light SILAC ratio plots fortotal proteins identified in experiments comparing the labeling profilesof the indicated lipid probe (20 μM) versus no-UV light (No UV; 20 μMprobe without UV irradiation) or probe (both heavy and light cellstreated with 20 μM probe) controls in Neuro2A cells. Dashed lines markthreshold ratio values (≥3-fold in No UV experiments and ≤2-fold inprobe-probe experiments) for designation of lipid probe targets inNeuro2a cells. (C) Lipid probe targets that have been genetically linkedto human diseases based on searches of the OMIM database. (D) Heat mapshowing the relative enrichment values for lipid probe targets by theA-DA probe compared to O-DA and S-DA probes, as well as compared to theA-DA probe itself with (A-DA) or without UV irradiation (No UV) ascontrols, in HEK293T cells. See also Table 3 (48054-701-101Table3.txt)for complete list of lipid probe targets and SILAC ratios from eachindicated experiment. (E) Peptide MS1 chromatograms for representativeAEA-DA-selective (HEATR3) and PEADA-selective (LSS) targets.

FIG. 6 illustrates protein targets of lipid probes mapped byquantitative proteomics. (A) Heavy/light SILAC ratio plots for totalproteins identified in experiments comparing the labeling profiles oflipid probes (20 μM) versus a ‘No UV’ control (20 μM) probe without UVirradiation) or the equivalent probe (both heavy and light cells treatedwith 20 μM of the same probe) in HEK293T cells. Dashed lines markthreshold ratio values (≥3-fold in No UV experiments) for designation oflipid probe targets (also see FIG. 5). (B) Venn diagram of shared andunique protein targets of AEA-DA and A-DA in HEK293T and Neuro2a cells.(C—F) Analysis of lipid probe targets based on (C) presence (membrane)or absence (soluble) of known/predicted transmembrane domains; (D)known/predicted subcellular distribution; (E) involvement in specificbiological processes; and (F) protein class distribution. Categorieswere assigned based on UniProt annotations. (G) Diagram highlightinglipid probe targets (red) in major fatty acid metabolic pathways. SILACratios from probe-versus-No UV experiments are indicated in parenthesesnext to gene names (data shown are for the A-DA probe in HEK293T cellsexcept for CPT1A, which was detected with the A-DA probe in Neuro2acells). For instances where multiple isoforms of a given protein isenriched (i.e., ACSL and GPAT), the highest ratio across all isoforms ispresented. (H) Heat map showing the relative protein enrichment valuesfor the AEA-DA probe compared to OEA-DA and PEA-DA probes, as well ascompared to the AEA probe itself with (AEA-DA) or without UV irradiation(No UV) as controls, in HEK293T cells. See FIG. 5D for a similaranalysis of the A-DA probe series and Table 3 for complete list of lipidprobe targets.

FIG. 7 shows experimental validation of representative lipid probetargets. (A) SILAC ratio plot for AEA-DA versus PEA-DA (20 μM) probelabeling in HEK293T cells highlighting targets selected for experimentalvalidation. (B) Representative peptide MS1 chromatograms for selectedtargets showing relative labeling by AEA-DA and PEA-DA probes. (C) Lipidprobe labeling of Myc-tagged recombinant proteins expressed by transienttransfection in HEK293T cells. Top panels show in situ labeling profilesfor the AEA-DA and PEA-DA probes with indicated targets (lane 1,mock-transfected cells; lanes 2 & 3, target-transfected cells; see FIG.10A for full gel profiles). Middle panels, anti-Myc blotting. Lowerpanels, anti-actin blotting as a loading control. (D) Upper panel showsin vitro competition profiles of AEA-DA probe labeling of NENF by hemin,protoporphyrin IX (Pp-IX), and the arachidonoyl lipids AA, AEA and 2-AG(1-100 μM) (experiments performed in NENF-transfected HEK293T lysates).Lower panel shows concentration-dependent inhibition of AEA-DA labelingof NENF by hemin (CI=95% confidence interval) as determined from gelprofiles. Data represent mean values ±SD from three independentexperiments. (E) In vitro competition profiles of NUCB1 labeling by theAEA-DA (5.0 μM) probe using various lipids (20×) as competitors.Experiments were performed in lysates from NUCB1-transfected HEK293Tcells. (F) Calcium-dependent enhancement of NUCB1 labeling by the AEA-DAprobe. Data represent mean values ±SEM; n=3/condition.***P<0.001 foruntreated versus CaCl2 (100 μM)-treated samples.

FIG. 8 illustrates experimental validation of representative lipid probetargets. (A) Full gel profiles of cropped images found in top panels ofFIG. 7A showing in situ probe labeling profiles for the indicatedtargets. (B) Full gel profiles of cropped images found in FIG. 7Dshowing in vitro competition of NENF labeling by AEA-DA. Note that hemincompetes NENF-labeling but in some instances does not compete with otherprobe-labeled targets. (C) Calcium-dependent enhancement of NUCB1labeling by AEA-DA (experiments performed in lysates fromNUCB1-transfected HEK293T cells). In contrast, CaCl2 treatment did notaffect the AEA-DA-labeling of most other proteins in HEK293T lysates.Note that EDTA-treated samples were supplemented with an equivalentamount of CuSO4 (relative to EDTA) prior to fluorophore conjugation inorder to prevent EDTA from quenching the CuAAC reaction.

FIG. 9 shows the lipid-interaction proteome is rich in drug targets. (A)Categorization of lipid probe targets based on distribution in DrugBank(left pie chart) and further analysis of non-DrugBank targets by proteinclasses considered ligandable (e.g., enzymes, receptors, transporters)or not (Others). (B) Scheme for in situ competitive profiling of ligandsusing lipid probes. Isotopically light and heavy cells are treated withvehicle (DMSO) or competitor ligand, respectively, along with a lipidprobe for 30 min. Cells are then UV-irradiated, lysed, and light andheavy lysates combined, enriched, and digested for LC-MS/MS analysis.Ligand targets are designated as proteins that show light/heavy ratiosof ≥3.0. (C) Chemical structures of the dual PTGS1/2-inhibitor(±)-flurbiprofen and PTGS2-selective inhibitor rofecoxib andrepresentative peptide MS1 chromatograms for PTGS1 and PTGS2 in Neuro2aand A549 cells, respectively, showing that (±)-flurbiprofen (25 μM)competes A-DA (5 μM) labeling of both PTGS1 and PTGS2, whereas rofecoxib(25 μM) selectively competes PTGS2 labeling. (D) SILAC ratio plots forin situ competition experiments of A-DA (5 μM) labeling by(±)-flurbiprofen (25 μM) and rofecoxib (25 μM) validating targetengagement and selectivity across PTGS isoforms and other lipid probetargets.

FIG. 10 illustrates potential drug targets within the lipid-interactionproteome. (A) Categorization of lipid probe targets according to theirclassification as membrane or soluble proteins and by their presence orabsence in DrugBank. (B, C) Representative peptide MS1 chromatograms forPTGS1 (A) and PTGS2 (B) enriched from A-DA-treated Neuro2a and A549cells, respectively, with or without UV-irradiation, confirming PTGS1and PTGS2 as UV-dependent A-DA targets. (D) Heavy/Light SILAC ratioplots of No UV (blue) and probe-versus-probe (red) experiments for A-DA(5 μM) in A549 cells showing several hundred UV-dependent targets (SILACratio ≥3.0), including PTGS2 (ratio=3.2). See Table 3(48054-701-101Table3.txt) for complete list of UV dependent targets.

FIG. 11 illustrates in situ drug profiling with lipid probes. (A)Structures of compounds analyzed by competitive profiling with lipidprobes. (B) Heatmap showing SILAC ratios for primary targets of drugs(25 μM), except for Ro 48-8071, which was assayed at 5 μM) fromcompetitive profiling experiments performed in Neuro2a and A549 cells.All drugs were profiled in both cell lines, and target engagement forSOAT1, NAMPT, and ABCB1B is shown for Neuro2a cells with the AEA-DAprobe (5 μM) and, for LSS, in A549 cells with the A-DA probe (5 μM)(also see Table 5,). (C) Box-whisker plots of protein SILAC ratios fromin situ competition experiments showing on-(red) and off-(blue) targets(ratios ≥3.0) for tested drugs. (D) Heatmap of competed off-targets fortested drugs measured with the AEA-DA probe in Neuro2a cells. (E) Plotof SILAC ratios from AEA-DA competition experiments with tested drugs(25 μM) versus the lipid competitor AEA (200 μM). For simplicity, onlythe highest drug competition SILAC ratio is plotted for each target. (F)Categorization of drug-competed lipid probe targets based on theirpresence or absence in DrugBank and by protein class (also see Table 5).

FIG. 12 shows in situ drug profiling with lipid probes. (A) SILAC ratioplots for in situ competition experiments performed with avasimibe (25μM), FK-866 (25 μM), elacridar (25 μM), and Ro 48-8071 (5 and 50 μM)measured with the AEADA (5 μM) or A-DA (for Ro 48-8071) probe in theindicated cell lines. Data correspond to measurements plotted in FIG.11C. The known target of each drug is highlighted in red. (B) In situcompetitive profiles for the lipid competitor AEA (50-200 μM) measuredwith the AEA-DA probe (10 μM) in Neuro2a cells. Red arrows highlightAEA-competed proteins. (C) In situ competition profiles of arachidonoylprobe (AEA-DA or A-DA; 5 μM) labeling of recombinant TMEM97 with AEA,FK-866, avasimibe, elacridar or Ro 48-8071 (25 μM each) in HEK293T cellstransiently transfected with TMEM97. TMEM97 competition was observed forelacridar and Ro 48-8071, but not other competitors, matching theMS-based competition profiles of endogenous TMEM97 in Neuro2a and A549cells (See FIG. 11D and Table 5). (D) Concentration-dependentcompetition of AEA-DA (5 μM) probe labeling of ABCB1, TMEM97, and FECHby elacridar in Neuro2a cells.

FIG. 13 shows modified lipid probes for high throughput screening (HTS)for the discovery of NUCB1 ligands. (A) Structure of Fl-AEA probe. (B)Incubation of the Fl-AEA probe (0.5 μM) with recombinant human NUCB1(1.0 μM) produced a strong FluoPol signal that was significantlysuppressed by the competitive lipid AA (20 μM; Z′=0.54). (C)Concentration-dependent suppression of the NUCB1-FluoPol signal byarachidonoyl lipids AEA, 2-AG and AA, but not palmitoyl lipids PEA,2-palmitoyl glycerol (2-PG) or palmitic acid (PA). See FIG. 14A forprofiling of additional lipids. (D) Screen of 16,000 compoundsidentified small molecules that inhibited the NUCB1-FluoPol signal by20% or greater (dotted black line). (E) Structure of confirmed HTS hit 1and positions modified for medicinal chemistry optimization. See FIG.16B-D for summary of medicinal chemistry optimization of NUCB1 ligands.(F) Concentration-dependent blockade of AEA-DA (5 μM) labeling ofpurified, recombinant NUCB1 (0.25 μM) doped into HEK293T lysates (0.75mg/mL) by HTS hit 1 (0.1-100 μM). (G, H) Structures and competitiveprofiling results (G) and IC50 curves and values (H) for NUCB1 ligandsMJN228 and KML110 and the inactive control compound KML181. Data in B,C, and H represent mean values ±SD from at least three independentexperiments.

FIG. 14 shows optimization of NUCB1 ligands. (A) A panel of lipids,including sphingosine, cholesterol, prostaglandins (A₁, B₁ and D₂) andprostamide species (PGD₂-EA and PGF₂α-EA), shows minimal blockade ofFl-AEA binding to recombinant NUCB1 as determined using a FluoPol assay.Error bars represent standard deviation (n=5). (B) Gel profile ofcompetition experiment performed with select HTS hits (A-M) (50 μM each)versus the AEA-DA probe (2.5 μM) in NUCB1-transfected HEK293T celllysates, identifying HTS hit 1 (K) as a selective NUCB1 ligand. (C, D)Structures and competition gel profiles of amide and ester analogs HTShit 1 (25 μM) (C) and analogs of optimized NUCB1 ligand MJN228 (11) (D).Competition assays were performed with 25 μM of each competitor againstthe AEA-DA probe (5 μM) in HEK293T lysates (0.75 mg/mL) doped withpurified, recombinant human NUCB1 (0.25 μM). (E) Full gel profile forcompetition experiment performed with MJN228 (1.0-100 μM) versus theAEA-DA probe (5 μM) in HEK293T lysates (0.75 mg/mL) doped with purified,recombinant human NUCB1 (0.25 μM).

FIG. 15 shows target engagement and lipid metabolism effects of NUCB1ligands. (A) Representative peptide MS1 chromatograms showing blockadeof AEA-DA probe labeling of endogenous NUCB1 in Neuro2a cells by MJN228and KML110, but not KML181. (B) SILAC ratio plot for in situ competitionexperiment performed with MJN228 (10 μM) and the AEA-DA probe (5 μM).(C) LC-MS/MS identification of a MJN228-sensitive, AEA-DA-modified NUCB1peptide (aa 53-68) in Neuro2a cells. (D) Untargeted metabolite profilingreveals that Neuro2a cells treated with MJN228 (10 μM) show elevatedfatty acid amides (NAEs and NATs) compared to cells treated with DMSO orKML181 (10 μM) (P<0.0001, n=5 per condition). See also Table 7. (E)Targeted MRM measurements showing elevations in NAEs in Neuro2a cellstreated with NUCB1 ligands MJN228 and KML110 (10 μM), 6 h), but notKML181, FK-866, or avasimibe. See FIG. 16G for MRM measurements of NATs.(F) Left, Western blot showing knockdown of NUCB1 in shNUCB1 A549 celllines compared to a control cell line (shGFP). Right, both shNUCB1 cellsshow significant elevations in NAEs compared to the control shGFP cellline. (G) NUCB1 ligands MJN228 and KML110 (5 and 25 μM), but not KML181or FK-866 (25 μM each), suppress the conversion of exogenous AEA (20 μM,30 min) to PGF₂α-EA in PMAstimulated A549 cells. Rofecoxib (25 μM) alsoblocked PGF_(2alpha)-EA synthesis. For (E-G), data represent mean values±SEM; n=3-4/group. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 for DMSO-treated (E) orshGFP cells (F) versus compound-treated (E) or shNUCB1 (F) cells.

FIG. 16 shows cellular target engagement and lipid metabolism effects ofNUCB1 ligands. (A) Concentration-dependent competition of AEA-DA (5 μM)probe labeling of NUCB1 and select off-targets (ABCB1B, TMEM97, CERS2,NUCB2) by MJN228 in Neuro2a cells. Data are normalized to the maximalcompetition value for each protein, which provides an estimate offractional target engagement across the tested drug concentration range.(B) MS/MS spectrum of AEA-DA-modified NUCB1 peptide localizes probecrosslinking to His67. Purified, recombinant hNUCB1 was treated withDMSO or AEA-DA (10 μM), irradiated with UV light and subjected toproteolytic digestion, whereupon tryptic peptides were analyzed byLC-MS/MS and the resulting mass spectra were extracted using theProLuCID algorithm designating a variable peptide modification of(+343.2511) for all residues. (C) Extracted ion chromatogram for m/zvalue of the NUCB1 AEA-DA-modified peptide described in (B) showingsignals in AEA-DA-treated (red trace), but not DMSO-treated NUCB1. (D)AEA-hydrolysis assay using purified, recombinant humanized rat FAAH(Mileni et al., 2008) showing that MJN228, KML110, and KLM181 (50 or 100μM) do not substantially inhibit FAAH activity. (E) AEA-hydrolysis assayin Neuro2a lysates showing minimal inhibition of FAAH activity by MJN228and KML110 up to 250 μM. (F) Gel profiles of AEA-DA (20 μM) and A-DA (20μM) probe labeling of HEK293T cells transiently transfected with hFAAHor empty vector. The clear differences in gel bands detected inFAAH-transfected cells suggest that the AEA-DA and A-DA probes aremetabolized by FAAH. (G) Targeted MRM measurements showing NUCB1 ligands(MJN228 and KML110, 10 μM) and FAAH inhibitor PF-7845 (1 μM), but notinactive control compounds KML181, FK-866 or avasimibe (10 μM each),produce elevations in N-acyl taurines (NATs) in Neuro2a cells. (H)MJN228 and KML110 (10 μM) do not affect AA levels in Neuro2a cells, butproduce a modest increase in 2-AG that is also observed to a greaterdegree with the selective FAAH inhibitor PF-7845 (1 μM). (I) Heatmap ofdrug targets in Neuro2a cells as measured by competitive profiling withthe AEA-DA probe (5 μM). Note that MJN228 and KML110 both target NUCB1whereas all other compounds do not, and, conversely, many of theadditional targets of MJN228 and KML110 are shared by the other testeddrugs. (J) Targeted MRM measurements of NAEs derived from A549 cellstreated with MJN228 (10 μM), KML110 (10 μM) or PF-7845 (1 μM) for 6 h.(K) NUCB1 ligands MJN228 and KML110 (10 μM) do not produce elevations inNAEs when co-treated with PF-7845 (1 μM). (L) AEA oxygenation to PGE₂-EAby purified, recombinant hPTGS2 is inhibited by celecoxib, but notMJN228 or KML110 (25 or 50 μM). (M) NUCB1 ligands MJN228 and KML110, butnot KML181, suppress PGE2 (left) and TXB2 (right) synthesis fromendogenous pools of AA in A549 cells pre-treated with the indicatedcompound (10 μM), 30 min) and then stimulated with PMA for 6 h. FK-866selectively suppressed TXB2, but not PGE2 synthesis. Data are presentedas means±SEM; n=3/group. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 for DMSO-treatedversus compound-treated cells.

FIG. 17 illustrates clickable photoreactive sterol probes. Panel A showsstructures of cholesterol and three diastereomeric sterol chemoproteomicprobes. Panel B shows three-dimensional structures of cholesterol andsterol probes as determined by x-ray crystallography; cholesterolstructure derived from PDBID: 3GKI24. In A and B, from top to bottom;cholesterol, trans-sterol probe, epi-sterol probe, cis-sterol probe.

FIG. 18 shows a gel-based profiling of sterol-binding proteins in HeLacells. Panel A shows a scheme for treatment of live cells with sterolprobes and competitive treatments. Panel B shows HeLa cells treated with10 μM trans-sterol probe, with and without 365 UV irradiation beforeclick chemistry and SDS-PAGE analysis. Panel C showsconcentration-dependent labeling of live HeLa cells with each probe(cis, epi, trans) at 1, 5, 10, and 20 μM. Panel D shows competition ofsterol probe labeling profiles (10 μM probes) with increasingcholesterol from 0, 10 (1×), 50 (5×), and 100 μM (10×). Fluorescence gelimages are shown in grayscale.

FIG. 19 illustrates MS-based profiling of sterol-binding proteins inHeLa cells. Panel A illustrates a scheme for enrichment and analysis ofsterol probe labeling profiles in mammalian cells by biotin-streptavidinmethods and SILAC MS analysis. Panels B-D show heavy/light ratio plotsfor total proteins identified in experiments that compared the labelingprofiles of the trans-sterol probe versus no-UV light control (B; 20 μMtrans probe/20 μM trans probe with no UV), the PEA-DA probe (C; 20 μMtrans probe/20 μM PEA-DA probe), and 10× cholesterol competition (D; 10μM trans probe/10 μM trans probe+100 μM cholesterol). Representative MS1traces with calculated ratios for proteins that fall into Groups I-IV,as well as the MS1 traces for a non-specific background protein, areshown to the right of the global ratio plots. Ratios of >20 are listedas 20. Panel E illustrates a Venn diagram showing the distribution ofGroup I-IV proteins for the trans-sterol probe labeling profile. Final Fshows top-five pathways determined by searching Group I proteins on theKEGG database, and top-12 biological function networks determined bysearching Group I proteins on the DAVID gene ontology server. Panel Gshows trans-sterol probe labeling profile for the cholesterolbiosynthetic pathway, with colors reflecting each enzyme's Groupdesignation (black: not detected).

FIG. 20 shows analysis of Group I proteins. Panel A shows breakdown ofGroup I proteins by biochemical functions. Panel B shows group Iproteins known to be genetically associated with human disease based onthe OMIM database; the ‘cholesterol’ group represents diseases from allother groups that are known to manifest via aberrant cholesterolhomeostasis. Panel C shows fraction of Group I proteins that possessknown or predicted transmembrane (TM) domains. TM proteins are furtherdivided into single-versus multipass TM proteins. Panel D shows known orpredicted subcellular localization of Group I proteins. Subcellularlocalization predictions were made by examining protein sequences by thePSORT II algorithm (http://psort.hgc.jp/form2.html). Panel E showscholesterol regulation of Group I proteins at the mRNA level. ‘SREBP bs’denotes the fraction of Group I proteins with SREBP transcription factorbinding sites in the gene/promoter regions based on the QiagenSABiosciences transcription factor database(http://www.sabiosciences.com/chipqpersearch.php?app=TFBS). ‘30 min’ and‘12 h’ denote the fraction of Group I proteins with substantial(≥two-fold) changes in mRNA levels after 100 μM cholesterol treatmentfor the indicated time. Panel F shows levels of enrichment (≥2-fold,2-10 fold, ≥10-fold) of Groups I, II & III, and IV proteins intrans-sterol probe data sets compared to their abundance in unenrichedmembranes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Certain Terminology

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as is commonly understood to which the claimedsubject matter belongs. It is to be understood that the foregoinggeneral description and the following detailed description are exemplaryand explanatory only and are not restrictive of any subject matterclaimed. In this application, the use of the singular includes theplural unless specifically stated otherwise. It must be noted that, asused in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms“a,” “an” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearlydictates otherwise. In this application, the use of “or” means “and/or”unless stated otherwise. Furthermore, use of the term “including” aswell as other forms, such as “include”, “includes,” and “included,” isnot limiting.

As used herein, ranges and amounts can be expressed as “about” aparticular value or range. About also includes the exact amount. Hence“about 5 μL” means “about 5 μL” and also “5 μL.” Generally, the term“about” includes an amount that would be expected to be withinexperimental error.

The section headings used herein are for organizational purposes onlyand are not to be construed as limiting the subject matter described.

Overview

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are methods, compositions,probes, assays, kits, and services for identifying a lipid bindingprotein as a drug binding target, mapping a ligand binding site on alipid binding protein, identifying a protein as a lipid binding protein,and generating drug profiles with the use of a lipid probe. Alsodisclosed herein are methods, assays, compositions, and probes forscreening a drug for interaction with a lipid binding protein utilizingrecombinant proteins and a lipid probe described herein.

In some instances, described herein is a method which comprisesharvesting a sample incubated in the presence of a lipid probe and adrug, and utilizes a proteomic means for analysis to identify drugbinding targets. In some embodiments, the method further comprisescomparing the data with a control. In some instances, the control is asample incubated in the presence of a lipid probe but in the absence ofa drug.

In some embodiments, the drug is a small molecule, its fragment orderivatives thereof; a polypeptide; a nucleic acid molecule; orcombinations thereof. In some instances, the drug is a small molecule,its fragments or derivatives thereof. In some cases, the drug is a testcompound. In some cases, the test compound has a therapeutic effect. Inother cases, the test compound does not have a therapeutic effect. Insome instances, the drug is a polypeptide (e.g., an antibody or anantibody conjugate). In additional cases, the drug is a nucleic acidmolecule (e.g., a naked nucleic acid molecule or a nucleic acid moleculeconjugate). In some instances, the drug has a therapeutic effect. Inother instances, the drug does not have a therapeutic effect.

In some embodiments, the sample is a cell sample. In some instances, thesample is a tissue sample. In some embodiments, the cell samplecomprises a cell solution. In some instances, the cell sample comprisesa first cell solution and a second cell solution. In some embodiments,the method further comprises contacting the first cell solution with afirst lipid probe and contacting the second cell solution with a secondlipid probe. In some instances, the first lipid probe and the secondlipid probe are the same. In some cases, the first and second lipidprobes are different. In some instants, the cell solution comprises abuffer. In some instances, the cell solution comprises a media. In someembodiments, the second cell solution further comprises a drug. In someinstances, the second cell solution further comprises a drug and amedia. In some embodiments, the second cell solution further comprises adrug and an enriched media. In some instances, the method furthercomprises treating the first cell solution and the second cell solutionby a photoreactive means to generate a first group of lipidprobe-protein complexes and a second group of lipid probe-proteincomplexes, wherein the first group and the second group of lipidprobe-protein complexes comprise the set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes.

In some instances, a first set of lipid probes are added to the firstcell solution and a second set of lipid probes are added to the secondcell solution. In some cases, each lipid probe is different within theset. In some instances, the first set of lipid probes is the same as thesecond set of lipid probes. In some cases, the method further comprisestreating the first cell solution and the second cell solution by aphotoreactive means to generate a third group of lipid probe-proteincomplexes and a fourth group of lipid probe-protein complexes.

In some instances, the photoreactive means comprises visible light orultraviolet light. In some cases, after treatment by a photoreactivemeans, the sample is harvested and lysed and the lipid probe-proteincomplexes are collected for analysis by a proteomic analysis means. Insome instances, the proteomic analysis means involve analysis by a massspectroscopy, by gel electrophoresis, an antibody based detectionmethod, and the like. In some instances, the lipid probe-proteincomplexes are further enriched on a bead, such as an affinity taggedbead (e.g. streptavidin-coupled beads), and then subjected to a massspectroscopic analysis.

In some cases, a value is assigned to each of the lipid binding proteinfrom the lipid probe-protein complexes after proteomic analysis. In someinstances, the value is an area-under-the curve from a plot of signalintensity as a function of mass-to-charge ratio. In some embodiments, afirst value is assigned to a lipid binding protein from the first groupof lipid probe-protein complex of the first cell solution and a secondvalue of the same lipid binding protein from the second group of lipidprobe-protein complex of the second cell solution. In some instances, aratio is then calculated between the two values, the first value and thesecond value, assigned to the same lipid binding protein. In someinstances, a ratio of greater than 2 indicates that the lipid bindingprotein is a candidate for interacting with the drug. In some instances,the ratio is greater than 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. Insome cases, the ratio is at most 20. In some instances, the same lipidprobe interacts with a number of lipid binding proteins in the presenceof a drug. In some instances, the drug will modulate the interaction ofa lipid probe with its lipid binding protein partners. In someinstances, the spectrum of ratios for a lipid probe with its interactingprotein partners in the presence of a drug indicates the specificity ofthe drug toward the protein. In some instances, the spectrum of ratioindicates whether the drug is a specific inhibitor to a protein or a paninhibitor. In some instances, the method is an in-situ method.

In some embodiments, also described herein is a method of identifying alipid binding protein as a drug binding target, comprising: (a)contacting a first sample with a first lipid probe and a second samplewith a second lipid probe and a drug, wherein the first lipid probe andthe second lipid probe are the same; (b) harvesting a first set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from the first sample and a second set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from the second sample; (c) analyzing the firstand second sets of lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysismeans; (d) based on step c), assigning a value to each of the lipidbinding proteins from the first and second sets of lipid probe-proteincomplexes; and (e) based on the value assigned in d), identifying alipid binding protein as a drug binding target.

In some embodiments, described herein is a method of identifying a lipidbinding protein as a drug binding target, comprising: (a) harvesting afirst set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a first cell solutionand a second set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a second cellsolution wherein the second cell solution comprises enriched media and adrug; (b) analyzing the first and second sets of lipid probe-proteincomplexes by a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigninga value to each of the lipid binding proteins from the first and secondsets of lipid probe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the valueassigned in c), identifying a lipid binding protein as a drug bindingtarget.

In some embodiments, described herein is a method of identifying a fattyacyl binding protein as a drug binding target, comprising: (a)harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a sample whereinthe lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group, and anaffinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-protein complexesby a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigning a valueto each of the fatty acyl binding proteins from the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes; and (d) based on the value assigned in c),identifying a fatty acyl binding protein as a drug binding target.

In some instances, described herein are methods which allow foridentification of novel targets for drugs, such as for example newprotein targets for drugs with previous known targets. In someinstances, the methods described herein are used to identify and/orevaluate off-target effects of one or more drugs. In some instances, themethods described herein are used for off-target screening oftherapeutic compounds.

In some embodiments, also described herein is a method of mapping aligand binding site on a lipid binding protein, comprising (a)harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a sample whereinthe lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group, and anaffinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-protein complexesby a proteomic analysis means; and (c) based on step b), locating aligand binding site on the lipid binding protein.

In some embodiments, a method of mapping a ligand binding site on alipid binding protein described herein comprises (a) contacting a firstcell solution with a first lipid probe and a second cell solution with asecond lipid probe and a drug, wherein the first lipid probe and thesecond lipid probe are the same; (b) harvesting a first set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from the first sample and a second set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from the second sample; (c) treating the firstset of lipid probe-protein complexes and the second set of lipidprobe-protein complexes by a protease; (d) harvesting the treated firstset of lipid probe-protein complexes and the treated second set of lipidprobe-protein complexes; (e) analyzing the first and second sets oftreated lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means; (f)based on step e), assigning a value to each of the lipid bindingproteins from the first and second sets of lipid probe-proteincomplexes; and (g) based on the value assigned in f), identifying alipid binding protein as a drug binding target.

In some embodiments, a method of mapping a ligand binding site on alipid binding protein described herein comprises (a) harvesting a firstset of lipid probe-protein complexes from a first cell solution and asecond set of lipid probe-protein complexes from a second cell solutionwherein the second cell solution comprises enriched media and a drug;(b) treating the first set of lipid probe-protein complexes and thesecond set of lipid probe-protein complexes by a protease; (c)harvesting the treated first set of lipid probe-protein complexes andthe treated second set of lipid probe-protein complexes; (d) analyzingthe first and second sets of treated lipid probe-protein complexes by aproteomic analysis means; (e) based on step d), assigning a value toeach of the lipid binding proteins from the first and second sets oflipid probe-protein complexes; and (f) based on the value assigned ine), identifying a lipid binding protein as a drug binding target.

In some embodiments, further described herein is a method of identifyinga lipid binding protein, comprising: (a) harvesting a set of lipidprobe-protein complexes from a sample wherein the lipid probe comprisesa lipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzingthe set of lipid probe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means;(c) based on step b), assigning a value to each of the proteins from theset of lipid probe-protein complexes; (d) based on the value assigned inc), identifying a protein as a lipid binding protein. In some instances,described is a method of identifying a fatty acyl binding protein,comprising: (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from asample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group,and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes by a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigninga value to each of the proteins from the set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes; and (d) based on the value assigned in c), identifying aprotein as a fatty acyl binding protein.

In some embodiments, additionally described herein are methods ofgenerating a drug-lipid binding protein profile and evaluating theselectivity of a drug for binding to a lipid binding protein. In someinstances, a method of generating a drug-lipid binding protein profilecomprises (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexes from asample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactive group,and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipid probe-proteincomplexes by a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on step b), assigninga value to each of the lipid binding proteins to generate a set ofvalues; and (d) based on the set of values assigned in c), generate adrug-lipid binding protein profile. In some instances, a method ofevaluating the selectivity of a drug for binding to a lipid bindingprotein, comprises (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexesfrom a sample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactivegroup, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means; (c) based on stepb), assigning a value to each of the lipid binding proteins from thefirst and second sets of lipid probe-protein complexes; and (d) based onthe value assigned in c), classifying the drug as a specific inhibitorof a lipid binding protein or as a pan inhibitor.

In some embodiments, also disclosed herein are cells, populations ofcells, compositions, and probes to a lipid probe described herein and alipid binding protein.

In some embodiments, further disclosed herein are assay and kits thatutilize one or more of the methods described herein.

Lipid Probe

In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactivegroup, and an affinity handle. Lipid is a broad family of smallmolecules capable of forming structures such as vesicles,multilamellar/unilamellar liposomes, or membranes in an aqueousenvironment. In some embodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. Insome embodiments, the lipid is an amphipathic lipid. In some instances,the lipid is a hydrophobic lipid.

In some instances, the lipids described herein comprise fatty acyls,glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids,prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some instances, thelipid is a lipid derived from a cell membrane.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a member of the fatty acyls group. Insome embodiments, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids, octadecanoids,eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters,fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a fatty acid. In some instances, thefatty acid comprises straight chain fatty acids or branched fatty acids.In some instances, the fatty acid comprises hydroperoxy, hydroxy, oxo,epoxy, methoxy, halogenated, amino, cyano, nitro, thia, carbocyclic,heterocyclic fatty acid, or its derivatives thereof.

In some instances, the fatty acid or its derivative thereof comprises aC3-C36 fatty acid or derivative thereof in some instances, the fattyacid or its derivative thereof comprises a C5-C30, C10-C25, or C15-C21fatty acid or derivative thereof. In some instances, the fatty acid orits derivative comprises a C16, C17, C18, C19, or C20 fatty acid orderivative thereof.

In some cases, the fatty acid comprises a saturated fatty acid, amonounsaturated fatty acid, or a polyunsaturated fatty acid.

Exemplary saturated fatty acid includes, but is not limited to,propanoic acid, butanoic acid, pentanoic acid, hexanoic acid, heptanoicacid, octanoic acid, nonanoic acid, decanoic acid, undecanoic acid,dodecanoic acid, tridecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, pentadecanoicacid, hexadecanoic acid, heptadecanoic acid, octadecanoic acid,nonadecanoic acid, eicosanoic acid, heneicosanoic acid, docosanoic acid,tricosanoic acid, tetracosanoic acid, pentacosanoic acid, hexacosanoicacid, heptacosanoic acid, octacosanoic acid, nonacosanoic acid,triacontanoic acid, henatriacontanoic acid, dotriacontanoic acid,tritriacontanoic acid, tetratriacontanoic acid, pentatriacontanoic acid,or henatriacontanoic acid.

Exemplary monounsaturated fatty acid includes, but is not limited to,palmitoleic acid, vaccenic acid, oleic acid, eicosenoic acid, erucicacid, gadoleic acid, myristoleic acid, or nervonic acid.

In some instances, the polyunsaturated fatty acid comprises omega-3fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, omega-9 fatty acids, or conjugatedfatty acids. Exemplary polyunsaturated fatty acid includes, but is notlimited to, hexadecatrienoic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, stearidonicacid, eicosatrienoic acid, eicosatetraenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid,heneicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid,tetracosapentaenoic acid, tetracosahexaenoic acid, linoleic acid,gamma-linolenic acid, eicosadienoic acid, dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid,arachidonic acid, docosadienoic acid, adrenic acid, docosapentaenoicacid, tetracosatetraenoic acid, tetracosapentaenoic acid, mead acid,rumenic acid, alpha-calendic acid, beta-calendic acid, jacaric acid,alpha-eleostearic acid, beta-eleostearic acid, catalpic acid, punicicacid, rumelenic acid, alpha-parinaric acid, beta-parinaric acid,bosseopentaenoic acid, pinolenic acid, or podocarpic acid.

In some instances, the lipid is an eicosanoid, such as prostaglandin,leukotriene, thromboxane, lipoxin, hydroxy/hydroperoxyeicosatrienoicacid, hydroxy/hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid,hydroxy/hydroperoxyeicosapentaenoic acid, epoxyeicosatrienoic acid,hepoxilin, levuglandin, isoprostane, calvulone, or its derivativesthereof.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some instances, thesterol lipid comprises sterols, steroids, secosteroids, or bile acids.In some instances, the sterol comprises cholesterol, ergosterol,C24-propyl sterols, or stanol. In some instances, the lipid ischolesterol.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a glycerolipid. Glycerolipids compriseof mono-, di-, and tri-substituted glycerols. In some instances, theglycerolipids comprise monoradylglycerols, diradylglycerols,triadylglycerols, glycosylmonoradylglycerols, orglycosyldiradylglycerols.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a glycerophospholipid.Glycerophospholipids or phospholipids serve as key components of thelipid bilayer. In some instances, the glycerophospholipid orphospholipids comprise glycerophosphocholines,glycerophosphoethanolamines, glycerophosphoserines,glycerophosphoglycerols, glycerophosphoglycerophosphate,glycerophosphoinositols, glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates,glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates, glycerophosphoinositoltrisphosphates, glycerophosphates, glyceropyrophosphates,glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols, CDP-glycerols,glycosylglycerophospholipids, glycerophosphoinositolglycans,glycerophosphonocholines, glycerophosphonoethanolamines, di-glyceroltetraether phospholipids (caldarchaeols), glycerol-nonitol tetraetherphospholipids, or oxidized glycerophospholipids.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a sphingolipid. Sphingolipids are afamily of lipid molecules that share a common sphingoid base backbonewhich is synthesized de novo from serine and a long-chain fatty acylCoA. In some instances, the sphingoid base is referred to assphingosine. In some embodiments, sphingolipids are further subdividedinto ceramides, phosphosphingolipids, phosphonosphingolipids,glycosphingolipids, or arsenosphingolipids. In some instances, theglycosphingolipid is a neutral glycosphingolipid, an acidicglycosphingolipid, a basic glycosphingolipid, or an amphotericglycosphingolipid.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a prenol lipid. Prenol lipids aresynthesized from isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate.In some embodiments, the prenol lipids comprise isoprenoids, quinonesand hydroquinones, or polyprenols.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a saccharolipid. Saccharolipids arelipid molecules which comprise of fatty acids covalently attached tosugar backbones. In some instances, the saccharolipid comprise anacylated glucosamine precursor of a Lipid A component oflipopolysaccharide.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a polyketide. Polyketides are a classof structurally diverse secondary metabolites which are further dividedinto type I polyketides (macrolides from multimodular megasyntheses),type II polyketides (aromatic molecules from iterative action ofdissociated enzymes), and type III polyketides (small aromatic moleculesfrom fungal species). In some instances, polyketides includegeldanamycin, doxycycline, erythromycin, and aflatoxin B1.

In some embodiments, a lipid is further classified as a neutral lipid, acationic lipid, or an anionic lipid. In some embodiments, a neutrallipid is any of a number of lipid species which exist either in anuncharged or neutral zwitterionic form at physiological pH. Such lipidsinclude, for example diacyl phosphatidylcholine,diacylphosphatidylethanolamine, ceramide, sphingomyelin,dihydrosphingomyelin, cephalin, and cerebrosides.

Cationic lipids, which carry a net positive charge at aboutphysiological pH, include, but are not limited to,N,N-dioleoyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride (“DODAC”);N-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propyl-N,N—N-triethylammonium chloride (“DOTMA”);N,N-distearyl-N,N-dimethylammonium bromide (“DDAB”);N-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammomum chloride (“DOTAP”);1,2-Dioleoyloxy-3-trimethylaminopropane chloride salt (“DOTAP.C1”);3β-(N′,N′-dimethylaminoethane)-carbamoyl)cholesterol (“DC-Chol”),N-(1-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propyl)-N-2-(sperminecarboxamido)ethyl)-N,N-dimethylammoniumtrifluoracetate (“DOSPA”), dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine(“DOGS”), 1,2-dileoyl-sn-3-phosphoethanolamine (“DOPE”),1,2-dioleoyl-3-dimethylammonium propane (“DODAP”),N,N-dimethyl-2,3-dioleoyloxy)propylamine (“DODMA”), andN-(1,2-dimydstyloxyprop-3-yl)-N,N-dimethyl-N-hydroxyethyl ammoniumbromide (“DMRIE”).

Anionic lipids include, but are not limited to, phosphatidylglycerol,cardiolipin, diacylphosphatidylserine, diacylphosphatidic acidN-dodecanoyl phosphatidylethanoloamine, N-succinylphosphatidylethanolamine, N-glutaryl phosphatidylethanolamine,lysylphosphatidylglycerol.

In some embodiments, a lipid probe disclosed herein comprises a) a lipidsuch as fatty acyl, glycerolipid, glycerophospholipid or phospholipid,sphingolipid, sterol lipid, prenol lipid, saccharolipid, or polyketide,b) a photoreactive group, and c) an affinity handle. In some instances,the lipid probe comprises a fatty acyl, a photoreactive group, and anaffinity handle. In some instances, the lipid probe comprises aglycerolipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle. In someembodiments, the lipid probe comprises a phospholipid, a photoreactivegroup, and an affinity handle. In some instances, the lipid probecomprises a sphingolipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle.In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a sterol lipid, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a) a lipid selected froman arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls,b) a photoreactive group, and c) an affinity handle. In someembodiments, the lipid probe comprises an arachidonoyl fatty acyl, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, thelipid probe comprises an arachidoyl fatty acyl, a photoreactive group,and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprisesan oleoyl fatty acyl, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle. Insome embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a palmitoyl fatty acyl, aphotoreactive group, and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, thelipid probe comprises a stearoyl fatty acyl, a photoreactive group, andan affinity handle.

As used herein, the term “lipid” includes any suitable naturallyoccurring lipid and its derivatives thereof. For example in someinstances, the term “lipid” includes arachidonic acid, a polyunsaturatedomega-6 fatty acid, and its derivatives such as for example,(5Z,8Z,11Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide(AEA-DA),(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoicacid (AA-DA),(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynamide(A-DA),(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide(ANH2-DA), potassium2-((5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamido)ethane-1-sulfonate(AT-DA), or 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoate(2-AG-DA).

Photoreactive Group

In some instances, the photoreactive group comprises azides,benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diarylketones.

In some instances, the photoreactive group is diazirine, or itsderivatives thereof.

In some instances, the photoreactive group is attached at thehydrophobic portion of the lipid. In some instances, the photoreactivegroup is attached to the hydrophilic terminus of the lipid. In someinstances, the photoreactive group is attached to an internal carbon ofthe lipid. In some instances, the photoreactive group is attached to aninternal main carbon backbone of the lipid. In some instances, thephotoreactive group is attached to an internal side chain group of thelipid.

In some embodiments, the photoreactive group is attached to a fattyacyl, a glycerolipids, a glycerophospholipid, a sphingolipid, a sterollipid, a prenol lipid, a saccharolipid, or a polyketide. In someinstances, the photoreactive group is attached to a fatty acyl (e.g. afatty acid). In some instances, the photoreactive group is attached atC3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18,C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32,C33, C35, C35, or C36 position of the fatty acyl. In some instances, thephotoreactive group is attached at C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, orC18 position.

In some instances, the photoreactive group further comprises a linker.In some instances, the linker bridges the lipid and the photoreactivegroup.

In some instances, the linker comprises a saturated, monosaturated, orpolysaturated carbon chain group. In some instances, the linker is fromabout 1 to about 30 carbons long. In some instances, the linker is fromabout 2 to about 25, from about 3 to about 20, or from about 4 to about14 carbons long.

As used herein, the term “photoreactive group” refers to a group capableof becoming covalently bound to another molecule upon irradiation bylight. In some instances, the light is visible light. In some instances,the light is ultraviolet light. In some instances, the term“photoreactive means” refers to ultraviolet light. In some cases, uponirradiation such as by ultraviolet light, the photoreactive groupfurther undergoes photolysis. As used herein, photolysis refers to theactivation of the photoreactive group (e.g. diazirine) to generate areactive species (e.g. carbene), which interact with a molecule in closeproximity to form a covalent binding with the molecule.

Affinity Handle

In some embodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinityligand. In some embodiments, the affinity handle utilizes bioorthogonalchemistry. As used herein, bioorthogonal chemistry refers to anychemical reaction that occurs inside of a living system (e.g. a cell)without interfering with native biochemical processes.

In some instances, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some instances, the affinity handle is an alkynegroup, or an azide group.

In some instances, the affinity handle is an alkyne group. The term“alkyne group” as used in the context of an affinity handle refers to agroup with a chemical formula of H—C≡C—R, HC₂R, R₁—C≡C—R₂, or R₁C₂R₂. Inthe context of the present chemical formula, R, R₁, and R₂ areindependently a lipid described herein, a lipid precursor, a lipidportion such that the alkyne group is at an internal site within thelipid, a linker, or a combination thereof. In some cases, the alkynegroup is capable of being covalently linked in a chemical reaction witha molecule containing an azide. In some instances, the affinity handleis an azide group.

In some instances, the affinity handle (e.g. alkyne group or azidegroup) serve as nonnative and non-perturbed bioorthogonal chemicalhandles. In some instances, the affinity handle (e.g. alkyne group orazide group) is further derivatized through chemical reactions such asclick chemistry. In some instances, the click chemistry is acopper(I)-catalyzed [3+2]-Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition of alkynesand azides leading to 1,2,3-triazoles. In other instances, the clickchemistry is a copper free variant of the above reaction.

In some instances, the affinity handle is attached to the hydrophilicterminus of the lipid. In some instances, the affinity handle isattached to an internal site of the lipid. In some instances, theaffinity handle is attached to an internal main carbon backbone of thelipid. In some instances, the affinity handle is attached to an internalside chain group of the lipid.

In some embodiments, the affinity handle is attached to a fatty acyl, aglycerolipids, a glycerophospholipid, a sphingolipid, a sterol lipid, aprenol lipid, a saccharolipid, or a polyketide. In some instances, theaffinity handle is attached to a fatty acyl (e.g. a fatty acid). In someinstances, the affinity handle is attached at C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8,C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22,C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, C35, C35, or C36position of the fatty acyl. In some instances, the affinity handle isattached to a terminal carbon atom.

In some instances, the affinity handle further comprises a linker. Insome instances, the linker bridges the lipid and the affinity handle.

In some instances, the linker comprises a saturated, monosaturated, orpolysaturated carbon chain group. In some instances, the linker is fromabout 1 to about 30 carbons long. In some instances, the linker is fromabout 2 to about 25, from about 3 to about 20, or from about 4 to about14 carbons long.

In some instances, the photoreactive group and the affinity handle areconjugated to the same site on the lipid probe.

In some cases, the photoreactive group and the affinity handle areconjugated to different sites of the lipid probe.

In some instances, the affinity handle is further conjugated to anaffinity ligand. In some embodiments, the affinity ligand comprises achromophore, a labeling group, or a combination thereof. In someinstances, the chromophore comprises fluorochrome, non-fluorochromechromophore, quencher, an absorption chromophore, fluorophore, organicdye, inorganic dye, metal chelate, or a fluorescent enzyme substrate.

In some instances, the fluorophore comprises rhodamine, rhodol,fluorescein, thiofluorescein, aminofluorescein, carboxyfluorescein,chlorofluorescein, methylfluorescein, sulfofluorescein, aminorhodol,carboxyrhodol, chlororhodol, methylrhodol, sulforhodol, aminorhodamine,carboxyrhodamine, chlororhodamine, methylrhodamine, sulforhodamine,thiorhodamine, cyanine, indocarbocyanine, oxacarbocyanine,thiacarbocyanine, merocyanine, cyanine 2, cyanine 3, cyanine 3.5,cyanine 5, cyanine 5.5, cyanine 7, oxadiazole derivatives,pyridyloxazole, nitrobenzoxadiazole, benzoxadiazole, pyren derivatives,cascade blue, oxazine derivatives, Nile red, Nile blue, cresyl violet,oxazine 170, acridine derivatives, proflavin, acridine orange, acridineyellow, arylmethine derivatives, auramine, crystal violet, malachitegreen, tetrapyrrole derivatives, porphin, phtalocyanine, bilirubin1-dimethylaminonaphthyl-5-sulfonate, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate,2-p-toluidinyl-6-naphthalene sulfonate, 3-phenyl-7-isocyanatocoumarin,N-(p-(2-benzoxazolyl)phenyl)maleimide, stilbenes, pyrenes, 6-FAM(Fluorescein), 6-FAM (NHS Ester), 5(6)-FAM, 5-FAM, Fluorescein dT,5-TAMRA-cadavarine, 2-aminoacridone, HEX, JOE (NHS Ester), MAX, TET,ROX, TAMRA, TAMRA™ (NHS Ester), TEX 615, ATTO™ 488, ATTO™ 532, ATTO™550, ATTO™ 565, ATTO™ Rho101, ATTO™ 590, ATTO™ 633, ATTO™ 647N, TYE™563, TYE™ 665, or TYE™ 705.

In some cases, the labeling group is a biotin moiety, a streptavidinmoiety, bead, resin, a solid support, or a combination thereof. In someinstances, the labeling group is a biotin moiety. In some instances, thebiotin moiety further comprises a linker such as a 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or more residues in length. In some instances, asdescribed elsewhere herein, the linker further comprises a cleavagesite, such as a protease cleavage site. In some cases, the biotin moietyinteracts with a streptavidin moiety. In some instances, the biotinmoiety is further attached to a bead, such as a streptavidin-coupledbead. In some instances, the biotin moiety is further attached to aresin or a solid support, such as a streptavidin-coupled resin or astreptavidin-coupled solid support. In some instances, the solid supportis a plate, a platform, a cover slide, a microfluidic channel, and thelike.

Lipid Probes of Formula I

In some embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula I,

-   -   wherein:    -   A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;    -   D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;        -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;        -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;        -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;        -   n is 1, 2, or 3;    -   PG is a photoreactive group; and    -   AH is an affinity handle;        -   wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or            D.

In some instances, PG is a photoreactive group described supra. In someembodiments, PG comprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds,diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In some instances, PG isdiazirine, or its derivatives thereof. In some instances, PG is attachedto A. In some instances, PG is attached to at a terminal site in A. Insome instances, PG is attached to an internal site in A. In someinstances, PG is attached to D.

In some cases, AH is an affinity handle described supra. In some cases,AH is a bioorthogonal affinity handle. In some cases, AH is acarbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester,pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl,pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine,alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group. In some instances, the affinityhandle is an alkyne group, or an azide group. In some instances, AH isattached to A. In some instances, AH is attached to at a terminal sitein A. In some instances, AH is attached to an internal site in A. Insome cases, AH is attached to D.

In some instances, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas illustrated in FIG. 1. In some instances, the lipid probe is a lipidprobe from FIG. 1. In some instances, the lipid probe is a lipid probeselected from Table 1.

TABLE 1 Lipid Probe Chemical Name 1. AEA-DA(5Z,8Z,11Z)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide 2. AA-DA(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoic acid 3. A-DA(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynamide 4. ANH₂-DA(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide 5. AT-DA potassium2-((5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamido)ethane-1-sulfonate 6. 2-AG-DA1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl (5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoate 7. EEA-DAN-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradecanamide 8. ENH₂-DA14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradecanamide 9. ET-DApotassium 2-(14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradecanamido)ethane-1-sulfonate 10. 2-EG-DA1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl 14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradecanoate 11. EA-DA14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradecanoic acid 12. OEA-DA(Z)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamide 13. ONH₂-DA(Z)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamide 14. OT-DApotassium (Z)-2-(12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamido)ethane-1-sulfonate 15. 2-OG-DA 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl(Z)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3- yl)dodec-9-enoate 16. OA-DA(Z)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enoic acid 17. O-DA(Z)-N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-9-en-17-ynamide 18.PEA-DA N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamide 19. PNH₂-DA10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamide 20. PT-DA potassium2-(10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamido)ethane-1-sulfonate 21. 2-PG-DA1-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-13-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tridecan-4-one 22. PA-DA10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanoic acid 23. S-DAN-(2-(3-Methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-17-ynamide

In some instances, the lipid probe is selected from(5Z,8Z,11Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide(AEA-DA),(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoicacid (AA-DA),(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynamide(A-DA),(Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamide(OEA-DA),(Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-9-en-17-ynamide(0-DA),N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamide(PEA-DA), and N-(2-(3-Methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-17-ynamide(S-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe is(5Z,8Z,11Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide(AEA-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe is(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoicacid (AA-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe is(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynamide(A-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe is(Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamide(OEA-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe is(Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-9-en-17-ynamide(0-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe isN-(2-hydroxyethyl)-10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamide(PEA-DA). In some instances, the lipid probe isN-(2-(3-Methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-17-ynamide (S-DA).

As used herein in the context of lipid probe of Formula I, the term“alkyl” refers to a straight chain or branched, noncyclic or cyclic,saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Exemplary saturated straight chainalkyls include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, andthe like; saturated branched alkyls include isopropyl, sec-butyl,isobutyl, tert-butyl, isopentyl, and the like. Exemplary saturatedcyclic alkyls include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,and the like; unsaturated cyclic alkyls include cyclopentenyl andcyclohexenyl, and the like.

The term “alkenyl” refers to an alkyl, as defined above, containing atleast one double bond between adjacent carbon atoms. Alkenyls includeboth cis and trans isomers. Exemplary straight chain and branchedalkenyls include ethylenyl, propylenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl,isobutylenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-methyl-1-butenyl,2-methyl-2-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, and the like.

Illustrative examples of cation include lithium (Li⁺), sodium (Na⁺),potassium (K⁺), cesium (Cs⁺), iron (Fe²⁺ Fe³⁺), calcium (Ca²⁺), vanadium(V⁴⁺), zinc (Zn²⁺), cadmium (Cd²⁺), silver (Ag⁺), aluminum (Al³⁺), andthe like.

Lipid Interacting Proteins

In some instances, the lipid binding protein is a soluble protein or amembrane protein. In some instances, the lipid binding protein isinvolved in one or more of a biological process such as proteintransport, lipid metabolism, apoptosis, transcription, electrontransport, mRNA processing, or host-virus interaction. In someinstances, the lipid binding protein is associated with one or more ofdiseases such as cancer or one or more disorders or conditions such asimmune, metabolic, developmental, reproductive, neurological,psychiatric, renal, cardiovascular, or hematological disorders orconditions. In some cases, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.

An enzyme is a protein molecule that accelerates or catalyzes chemicalreaction. Exemplary enzymes include, but are not limited to, AARSAlanine-tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic; ABCB1 multidrug resistant protein 1;ABHD10 Abhydrolase domain-containing protein 10, mitochondrial; ABHD12Monoacylglycerol lipase ABHD12; ABHD16A Abhydrolase domain-containingprotein 16A; ABHD6 Monoacylglycerol lipase ABHD6; ACAD9 Acyl-CoAdehydrogenase family member 9, mitochondrial; ACAD1 Long-chain specificacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial; ACAT2 Acetyl-CoAacetyltransferase, cytosolic; ACLY ATP-citrate synthase; ACOT2Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 2, mitochondrial; ACP2 Lysosomal acidphosphatase; ACP6 Lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase type 6; ACSL1Long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase 1; ACSL3 Long-chain-fatty-acid-CoAligase 3; ACSL4 Long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase 4; ACSL6Long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase 6; ADK Adenosine kinase; ADPGKADP-dependent glucokinase; ADSS Adenylosuccinate synthetase isozyme 2;AFG3L2 AFG3-like protein 2; AGK Acylglycerol kinase, mitochondrial;AGPAT1 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase alpha; Agpat21-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase beta; Agpat41-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase delta; AGPAT51-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase epsilon; AGPAT6Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4; Agpat9 Glycerol-3-phosphateacyltransferase 3; AGPS Alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase,peroxisomal; AHCY Adenosylhomocysteinase; AIFM1 Apoptosis-inducingfactor 1, mitochondrial; AIFM2 Apoptosis-inducing factor 2; Akr1b8Aldose reductase-related protein 2; Akr1c13 Aldo-keto reductase family 1member C₁₃; ALDH18A1 Delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase; ALDH1A2Retinal dehydrogenase 2; ALDH1B1 Aldehyde dehydrogenase X,mitochondrial; ALDH2 Aldehyde dehydrogenase, mitochondrial; ALDH3A2Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase; Aldh3b1 Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member B1; ALDH7A1 Alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase; ALG1Chitobiosyldiphosphodolichol beta-mannosyltransferase; ALG10Dol-β-Glc:Glc(2)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase;ALG11 GDP-Man:Man(3)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,2-mannosyltransferase;ALG12 Dol-β-Man:Man(7)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,6-mannosyltransferase;Alg2 Alpha-1,3/1,6-mannosyltransferase ALG2; ALG5 Dolichyl-phosphatebeta-glucosyltransferase; ALG6 Dolichyl pyrophosphate Man9GlcNAc2alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferase; ALG9 Alpha-1,2-mannosyltransferase ALG9;AMFR E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase AMFR; ASAH1 acid ceramidase; ASNSAsparagine synthetase; ASPH Aspartyl/asparaginyl beta-hydroxylase; ATAD1ATPase family AAA domain-containing protein 1; ATIC Bifunctional purinebiosynthesis protein PURH; ATL2 Atlastin-2; ATP13A1 Probablecation-transporting ATPase 13A1; ATP1A1 Sodium/potassium-transportingATPase subunit alpha; ATP1A3 Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPasesubunit alpha; ATP2A2 Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase;ATP2B1 MCG13663, isoform CRA_a; ATP4A Potassium-transporting ATPasealpha chain 1; ATP5B ATP synthase subunit beta, mitochondrial; B3GNT1N-acetyllactosaminide beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminy; BDH1D-beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial; CAD CAD protein;CBS cystathionine beta-synthase; CLPP putative ATP-dependent Clpprotease proteolytic subunit; COMT catechol O-methyltransferase; COPS5COPS signalosome complex subunit 5; COQ52-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase; CPT1A CarnitineO-palmitoyltransferase 1, liver isoform; CPT2 Carnitine0-palmitoyltransferase 2, mitochondrial; CPVL Probable serinecarboxypeptidase CPVL; CSNK1A1 casein kinase I isoform alpha; CTHcystathionine gamma-lyase; CTPS1 CTP synthase 1; CTSA Lysosomalprotective protein; CTSB Cathepsin B; CTSD Cathepsin D; CYB5R3NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase 3; Cyp20a1 Cytochrome P450 20A1; CYP51A1Lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase; DAD1Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; DCTPP1dCTP pyrophosphatase 1; DCXR L-xylulose reductase; DDOSTDolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; DDX17Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX17; DCTN1 Dynactin subunit 1;DDX17 Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX17; DDX20 ProbableATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX20; DDX3X ATP-dependent RNA helicaseDDX3X; DDXS Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDXS; DEGS1 Sphingolipiddelta(4)-desaturase DES1; DHCR24 Delta(24)-sterol reductase; DHCR77-dehydrocholesterol reductase; DHFR Dihydrofolate reductase; DHODHDihydroorotate dehydrogenase (quinone), mitochondrial; DHRS1Dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family member 1; DHRS3 Short-chaindehydrogenase/reductase 3; DHRS7 Dehydrogenase/reductase SDR familymember 7; DHRS7B Dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family member 7B; DHX15Putative pre-mRNA-splicing factor ATP-dependent RN; DHX30 PutativeATP-dependent RNA helicase DHX30; DHX9 ATP-dependent RNA helicase A; DLDDihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, mitochondrial; DNM1L Dynamin-1-likeprotein; DNM2 Dynamin-2; DOLK Dolichol kinase; DOLPP1Dolichyldiphosphatase 1; DPM1 Dolichol-phosphate mannosyltransferase;Dpp7 Dipeptidyl peptidase 2; DPY19L1 Protein dpy-19 homolog 1; EBP3-beta-hydroxysteroid-Delta(8), Delta(7)-isomerase; ECE1Endothelin-converting enzyme 1; ECH1 Delta(3,5)-Delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoAisomerase, mitochondrial; ECHS1 Enoyl-CoA hydratase, mitochondrial; EcilEnoyl-CoA delta isomerase 1, mitochondrial; EIF3F Eukaryotic translationinitiation factor 3 subunit; EIF4A1 Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-I;EIF4A2 Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-II; ELOVL2 Elongation of verylong chain fatty acids protein; ENDOD1 Endonuclease domain-containing 1protein; EPHX1 Epoxide hydrolase 1; EPHX2 Bifunctional epoxide hydrolase2; ERMP1 Endoplasmic reticulum metallopeptidase 1; ERO1L ERO1-likeprotein alpha; Fadsl Fatty acid desaturase 1; FADS2 Fatty aciddesaturase 2; FADS3 Fatty acid desaturase 3; FAH fumarylacetoacetase;Fkbp11 Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase FKBP11; FKBP1APeptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase FKBP1A; Fkbp2 Peptidyl-prolylcis-trans isomerase FKBP2; FKBP4 Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomeraseFKBP4; FKBP8 Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase FKBP8; FNTB Proteinfarnesyltransferase subunit beta; G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate1-dehydrogenase; GAA Lysosomal alpha-glucosidase; GALNT1 PolypeptideN-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1; GANAB Neutral alpha-glucosidase AB;GARS Glycine-tRNA ligase; GART Trifunctional purine biosynthetic proteinadenosine; GBA Glucosylceramidase; GDPD1 Glycerophosphodiesterphosphodiesterase domain-containing 1; GK Glycerol kinase; GLAAlpha-galactosidase A; GLB1 Beta-galactosidase; GLO1 Lactoylglutathionelyase; GLT8D1 Glycosyltransferase 8 domain-containing protein 1; GMPPBMannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase beta; GMPS GMP synthase; GNPATDihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltransferase; GPD2 Glycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase, mitochondrial; GPX8 Probable glutathione peroxidase 8;GSR Glutathione reductase, mitochondrial; GSTM1 GlutathioneS-transferase Mu 1; GSTM2 Glutathione S-transferase Mu 2; GSTO1Glutathione S-transferase omega-1; GSTP1 Glutathione S-transferase P;HACL1 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase 1; HADH Hydroxyacyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase, mitochondrial; HADHA Trifunctional enzyme subunit alpha,mitochondrial; HADHB Trifunctional enzyme subunit beta, mitochondrial;HARS Histidine-tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic; HAT1 Histone acetyltransferasetype B catalytic subunit; HK1 Hexokinase-1; HK2 Hexokinase-2; HM13 Minorhistocompatibility antigen H13; HMGCS1 Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoAsynthase, cytoplasmic; HMOX2 Heme oxygenase 2; HPRT1Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase; HSD17B103-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type-2; HSD17B11 Estradiol17-beta-dehydrogenase 11; HSD17B12 Estradiol 17-beta-dehydrogenase 12;HSD17B4 Peroxisomal multifunctional enzyme type 2; HSD17B73-keto-steroid reductase; HSDL2 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-likeprotein 2; HUWE1 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase HUWE1; TARS Isoleucine-tRNAligase, cytoplasmic; IARS2 Isoleucine-tRNA ligase, mitochondrial; ICMTProtein-S-isoprenylcysteine O-methyltransferase; IDH1 Isocitratedehydrogenase; IDH2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase; IFI30Gamma-interferon-inducible lysosomal thiol reductase; ILVBL Acetolactatesynthase-like protein; IMPDH2 Inosine-5-monophosphate dehydrogenase 2;INPP5K Inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase K; KDM1B Lysine-specifichistone demethylase 1B; KDSR 3-ketodihydrosphingosine reductase; KDM1BLysine-specific histone demethylase 1B; KDSR 3-ketodihydrosphingosinereductase; L2HGDH L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial;LARS Leucine-tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic; LCLAT1 Lysocardiolipinacyltransferase 1; LNPEP Leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase; LPCAT1Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1; LPCAT2Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2; LPCAT3 Lysophospholipidacyltransferase 5; LPGAT1 Acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylglycerolacyltransferase; LSS Lanosterol synthase; LTA4H Leukotriene A-4hydrolase; MAOA Amine oxidase; MARCHS E3 ubiquitin-protein ligaseMARCHS; MARCH6 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MARCH6; MBLAC2Metallo-beta-lactamase domain-containing protein 2; MBOAT7Lysophospholipid acyltransferase 7; MCCC2 Methylcrotonoyl-CoAcarboxylase beta chain, mitochondrial; MCEE Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase,mitochondrial; MCM2 DNA replication licensing factor MCM2; MCM4 DNAreplication licensing factor MCM4; MCM6 DNA replication licensing factorMCM6; MCM7 DNA replication licensing factor MCM7; MEST Mesoderm-specifictranscript protein; METAP1 Methionine aminopeptidase 1; METTL7AMethyltransferase-like protein 7A; MGEAS Bifunctional protein NCOAT;MGST1 Microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1; MIF Macrophage migrationinhibitory factor; MOGS Mannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase; MOV10Putative helicase MOV-10; MPI Mannose-6-phosphate isomerase; MSMO1Methylsterol monooxygenase 1; MT-CO1 Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1;MT-ND1 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 1; MT-ND2 NADH-ubiquinoneoxidoreductase chain 2; MT-ND5 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 5;MTAP S-methyl-5-thioadenosine phosphorylase; MTHFD1 C-1-tetrahydrofolatesynthase, cytoplasmic; NAMPT Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase;NDUFS1 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase 75 kDa subunit, mitochondrial;NDUFS2 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFS3 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFS7 NADHdehydrogenase; NLN Neurolysin, mitochondrial; NME2 Nucleosidediphosphate kinase B; NNT NAD(P) transhydrogenase, mitochondrial; NPEPPSPuromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase; NRD1 Nardilysin; NSDHLSterol-4-alpha-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase, decarboxylating; NSUN2 tRNA(cytosine(34)-C(5))-methyltransferase; NT5C3L Cytosolic 5-nucleotidaseIII-like protein; NT5DC2 5-nucleotidase domain-containing protein 2;NTMT1 N-terminal Xaa-Pro-Lys N-methyltransferase 1; NUDT17,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine triphosphatase; NUDT9 ADP-ribosepyrophosphatase, mitochondrial; NXN Nucleoredoxin; OAT Ornithineaminotransferase, mitochondrial; OPA1 Dynamin-like 120 kDa protein,mitochondrial; OTUB1 Ubiquitin thioesterase OTUB1; P4HA1 Prolyl4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-1; P4HA2 Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunitalpha-2; P4HB Protein disulfide-isomerase; P4HTM Transmembrane prolyl4-hydroxylase; PAICS Multifunctional protein ADE2; PANK4 Pantothenatekinase 4; PAOX Peroxisomal N(1)-acetyl-spermine/spermidine oxidase;PAPSS1 Bifunctional 3-phosphoadenosine 5-phosphosulfate; PARLPresenilins-associated rhomboid-like protein, mitochondrial; PCK2Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; PCYOX1 Prenylcysteine oxidase 1;PCYOX1L Prenylcysteine oxidase-like; PCYT1A Choline-phosphatecytidylyltransferase A; PDIA6 Protein disulfide-isomerase A6; PDP1;Pdss1 Decaprenyl-diphosphate synthase subunit 1; PFKL6-phosphofructokinase, liver type PFKP 6-phosphofructokinase type CPGAM5 Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PGAM5, mitochondrial; PHGDHD-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase; PI4 KB Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinasebeta; PIGK GPI-anchor transamidase; PIGM GPI mannosyltransferase 1; PISDPhosphatidylserine decarboxylase proenzyme; PITRM1 Presequence protease,mitochondrial; PKM Pyruvate kinase isozymes M1/M2; Pla2g15 Group XVphospholipase A2; PLBD2 Putative phospholipase B-like 2; PLD3Phospholipase D3; PLOD1 Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase1; PLOD3 Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 3; PMPCAMitochondrial-processing peptidase subunit alpha; PMPCBMitochondrial-processing peptidase subunit beta; PNPLA2 Patatin-likephospholipase domain-containing protein; PNPLA6 Neuropathy targetesterase; POLR2B DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2; POLRMTDNA-directed RNA polymerase, mitochondrial; PON2 Serumparaoxonase/arylesterase 2; POR NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase; PPAPDC2Presqualene diphosphate phosphatase; PPATAmidophosphoribosyltransferase; PPM1L Protein phosphatase 1L; PPT1Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1; PRCP Lysosomal Pro-X carboxypeptidase;PRDX1 Peroxiredoxin-1; PRDX3 Thioredoxin-dependent peroxide reductase,mitochondrial; PREP Prolyl endopeptidase; PREPL Prolylendopeptidase-like; PRKDC DNA-dependent protein kinase catalyticsubunit; PRMT1 Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1; PSMA4 Proteasomesubunit alpha type-4; PSMA6 Proteasome subunit alpha type-6; PSMB1Proteasome subunit beta type-1; PSMB2 Proteasome subunit beta type-2;PSMB3 Proteasome subunit beta type-3; PSMB4 Proteasome subunit betatype-4; PSMB5 Proteasome subunit beta type-5; PSMB6 Proteasome subunitbeta type-6; PSMB7 Proteasome subunit beta type-7; PSMB8 Proteasomesubunit beta type-8; PSMD14 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit14; PTDSS1 Phosphatidylserine synthase 1; PTDSS2 Phosphatidylserinesynthase 2; PTGES2 Prostaglandin E synthase 2; PTGR2 Prostaglandinreductase 2; PTGS1 Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1; PTPLAD13-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase 3; PTPLB 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase 2;PTPN1 Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1; PTRH2Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase 2, mitochondrial; QPCTL Glutaminyl-peptidecyclotransferase-like protein; RABGGTB Geranylgeranyl transferase type-2subunit beta; RANBP2 E3 SUMO-protein ligase RanBP2; RARS Arginine-tRNAligase, cytoplasmic; RDH10 Retinol dehydrogenase 10; RDH11 Retinoldehydrogenase 11; RDH13 Retinol dehydrogenase 13; RDH14 Retinoldehydrogenase 14; RETSAT All-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase; RHOT1Mitochondrial Rho GTPase 1; RHOT2 Mitochondrial Rho GTPase 2; RNF14 E3ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF14; RPN1Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; RPN2Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; RPS3 40Sribosomal protein S3; RPS6KA1 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase alpha-1;RPS6KA2 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase alpha-2; RPS6KA3 Ribosomal proteinS6 kinase alpha-3; RRM2 Ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase subunit M2;RUVBL1 RuvB-like 1; RUVBL2 RuvB-like 2; SACM1L Phosphatidylinositidephosphatase SAC1; SCCPDH Saccharopine dehydrogenase-like oxidoreductase;SCD Acyl-CoA desaturase; SCD2 Acyl-CoA desaturase 2; SCP2 Non-specificlipid-transfer protein; SCPEP1 Retinoid-inducible serinecarboxypeptidase; SDHA Succinate dehydrogenase; SDHB Succinatedehydrogenase; SEC11A Signal peptidase complex catalytic subunit SEC11A;SEC11C Signal peptidase complex catalytic subunit SEC11C; SGPL1Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase 1; SHMT1 Serine hydroxymethyltransferase,cytosolic; SHMT2 Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, mitochondrial; SLC27A2Very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase; SLC27A3 Long-chain fatty acidtransport protein 3; SMPD4 Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 4; SNRNP200U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 200 kDa helicase; SOAT1 SterolO-acyltransferase 1; SPCS2 Signal peptidase complex subunit 2; SPTLC1Serine palmitoyltransferase 1; SPTLC2 Serine palmitoyltransferase 2;SQLE Squalene monooxygenase; SRM Spermidine synthase; SPTLC1 Serinepalmitoyltransferase 1; SPTLC2 Serine palmitoyltransferase 2; SQLESqualene monooxygenase; SRM Spermidine synthase; STT3ADolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; STT3BDolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycosyltransferase; SYVN1 E3ubiquitin-protein ligase synoviolin; TECR Trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA reductase;THOP1 Thimet oligopeptidase; TM7SF2 Delta(14)-sterol reductase; TMPPETransmembrane protein with metallophosphoesterase; TMX3 Proteindisulfide-isomerase TMX3; TOR1A Torsin-1A; TOR1B Torsin-1B; TPI1Triosephosphate isomerase; TPP1 Tripeptidyl-peptidase 1; TRIM28Transcription intermediary factor 1-beta; UGCG Ceramideglucosyltransferase; UGT8 2-hydroxyacylsphingosine1-beta-galactosyltransferase; UQCRFS1 Cytochrome b-cl complex subunitRieske, mitochondrial; USP28 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 28;USP47 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 47; USPS Ubiquitincarboxyl-terminal hydrolase 5; USP7 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminalhydrolase 7; VAT1 Synaptic vesicle membrane protein VAT-1 homolog; VAT1LSynaptic vesicle membrane protein VAT-1 homolog-likeVCP Transitionalendoplasmic reticulum ATPase; VKORC1L1 Vitamin K epoxide reductasecomplex subunit 1-like; VKORC1L1 Vitamin K epoxide reductase complexsubunit 1-like; WHSC1 Probable histone-lysine N-methyltransferase NSD2;XPNPEP1 Xaa-Pro aminopeptidase 1; XRCC5 X-ray repair cross-complementingprotein 5; XRCC6 X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 6; YKT6Synaptobrevin homolog YKT6; YME1L1 ATP-dependent zinc metalloproteaseYME1L1; ZADH2 Zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase domain-containing 2;and ZMPSTE24 CAAX prenyl protease 1 homolog.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the enzymes described above and elsewhereherein.

A transporter, also referred to as a transmembrane pump, transporterprotein, escort protein, acid transport protein, cation transportprotein, or anion transport protein, is a protein molecule that movesmaterials (e.g. ions, small molecules, macromolecules, proteins) withinan organism, such as across a biological membrane. Exemplarytransporters include, but are not limited to, AAAS Aladin; ABCB1multidrug resistant protein 1; ABCB10 ATP-binding cassette sub-family Bmember 10, mitochondrial; ABCB7 ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member7, mitochondrial; ABCD3 ATP-binding cassette sub-family D member 3;ACBD5 Acyl-CoA-binding domain-containing protein 5; ACTN4alpha-actinin-4; AMFR E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase AMFR; AP3B1 AP-3complex subunit beta-1; AP3M1 AP-3 complex subunit mu-1; APOL2Apolipoprotein L2; APOO Apolipoprotein O; APOOL Apolipoprotein O-like;ARF1 ADP-ribosylation factor 1; ARF3 ADP-ribosylation factor 3; ARF4ADP-ribosylation factor 4; ARF5 ADP-ribosylation factor 5; ARFGAP1ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein; ASNA1 ATPase ASNA1;ATP13A1 Probable cation-transporting ATPase 13A1; ATP1A1Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha; ATP1A3Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha; ATP2A2Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase; ATP2B1 MCG13663,isoform CRA_a; ATP4A Potassium-transporting ATPase alpha chain 1; ATP5A1ATP synthase subunit alpha, mitochondrial; ATP5B ATP synthase subunitbeta, mitochondrial; ATP5C1 ATP synthase subunit gamma, mitochondrial;ATP5F1 ATP synthase subunit b, mitochondrial; ATP5H ATP synthase subunitd, mitochondrial; ATP5I ATP synthase subunit e, mitochondrial; ATP5J2ATP synthase subunit f, mitochondrial; ATP5L ATP synthase subunit g,mitochondrial; ATP5O ATP synthase subunit 0, mitochondrial; ATP6AP1V-type proton ATPase subunit S1; ATP6VOA1 V-type proton ATPase 116 kDasubunit a isoform 1; ATP6VOA2 V-type proton ATPase 116 kDa subunit aisoform 2; ATP6VOC V-type proton ATPase 16 kDa proteolipid subunit;ATP6V1B2 V-type proton ATPase subunit B, brain isoform; BAG6 Largeproline-rich protein BAG6; BCAP29 B-cell receptor-associated protein 29;BCAP31 B-cell receptor-associated protein 31; BNIP1 vesicle transportprotein SEC20; CDIPT CDP-diacylglycerol-inositol3-phosphatidyltransferase; CDKAL1 Threonylcarbamoyladenosine tRNAmethylthiotransferase; CDS2 Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase 2; CEPT1Choline/ethanolaminephosphotransferase 1; CERS5 ceramide synthase 5;CERS6 ceramide synthase 6; CHDH choline dehydrogenase, mitochondrial;CHUK inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit; CKB creatinekinase B-type; COPB1 coatomer subunit beta; COPE coatomer subunitepsilon; CPT1A Carnitine 0-palmitoyltransferase 1, liver isoform; CPT2Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 2, mitochondrial; CSE1L exportin-2;CYB5A Cytochrome b5; CYB5B Cytochrome b5 type B; CYC1 Cytochrome cl,heme protein, mitochondrial; DCTN1 Dynactin subunit 1; DERL1 Derlin-1;DYNC1H1 Cytoplasmic dynein 1 heavy chain 1; ERGIC1 Endoplasmicreticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment; ERGIC2 Endoplasmicreticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment; ESYT1 Extendedsynaptotagmin-1; ESYT2 Extended synaptotagmin-2; ETFDH Electron transferflavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase; FABP5 Fatty acid-bindingprotein, epidermal; FADS1 Fatty acid desaturase 1; FADS2 Fatty aciddesaturase 2; FADS3 Fatty acid desaturase 3; FMR1 Fragile X mentalretardation protein 1 homolog; GET4 Golgi to ER traffic protein 4homolog; GOLIM4 Golgi integral membrane protein 4; GOLPH3 Golgiphosphoprotein 3; GOLT1B Vesicle transport protein GOT1B; GOPCGolgi-associated PDZ and coiled-coil motif-containing; GOSR1 Golgi SNAPreceptor complex member 1; GPR89B Golgi pH regulator B; HIGD1A HIG1domain family member 1A; HNRNPA1 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteinAl; HNRNPA1L2 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Al-like 2; IGF2BP1Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein; IGF2BP3 Insulin-likegrowth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein; IPO11 Importin-11; IPO4Importin-4; IPO5 Importin-5; IPO7 Importin-7; IPO9 Importin-9; KDELR1 ERlumen protein retaining receptor 1; KDELR2 ER lumen protein retainingreceptor 2; KDELR3 ER lumen protein retaining receptor 3; KHSRP Farupstream element-binding protein 2; KPNA2 Importin subunit alpha-2;KPNB1 Importin subunit beta-1; LAPTM4A Lysosomal-associatedtransmembrane protein 4A; LMAN1 Protein ERGIC-53 LMAN2 Vesicularintegral-membrane protein VIP36; LRPPRC Leucine-rich PPRmotif-containing protein, mitochondrial; MAGT1 Magnesium transporterprotein 1; MCFD2 Multiple coagulation factor deficiency protein 2; MICU1Calcium uptake protein 1, mitochondrial; MMGT1 Membrane magnesiumtransporter 1; MPC2 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2; MT-ATP6 ATPsynthase subunit a; MT-CO1 Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1; MT-CO2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2; MT-ND1 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductasechain 1; MT-ND2 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 2; MT-ND5NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 5; MTCH1 Mitochondrial carrierhomolog 1; MTCH2 Mitochondrial carrier homolog 2; MTTP Microsomaltriglyceride transfer protein large subunit; MTX1 Metaxin-1; MTX2Metaxin-2; NASP Nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein; NCBP1 Nuclearcap-binding protein subunit 1; NDUFA10 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFA11 NADHdehydrogenase; NDUFA13 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFA4 NADH dehydrogenase;NDUFA8 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFA9 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFB10 NADHdehydrogenase; NDUFB6 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFB8 NADH dehydrogenase;NDUFB9 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFS1 NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase 75 kDasubunit, mitochondrial; NDUFS2 NADH dehydrogenase; NDUFS3 NADHdehydrogenase; NDUFS7 NADH dehydrogenase; NUP133 Nuclear pore complexprotein Nup133; NUP155 Nuclear pore complex protein Nup155; NUP160Nuclear pore complex protein Nup160; NUP205 Nuclear pore complex proteinNup205; NUP210 Nuclear pore membrane glycoprotein 210; NUP37 NucleoporinNup37; NUP93 Nuclear pore complex protein Nup93; OSBPL8Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 8; PDCD6IP Programmed celldeath 6-interacting protein; PEX14 Peroxisomal membrane protein PEX14;PITPNB Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein beta isoform; PLIN3Perilipin-3; PRAF2 PRA1 family protein 2; PREB Prolactin regulatoryelement-binding protein; RAB10 Ras-related protein Rab-10; RAB11ARas-related protein Rab-11A; RAB11B Ras-related protein Rab-11B; RAB18Ras-related protein Rab-18; RAB1A Ras-related protein Rab-1A; RAB1BRas-related protein Rab-1B; RAB2A Ras-related protein Rab-2A; RAB9ARas-related protein Rab-9A; RANBP2 E3 SUMO-protein ligase RanBP2; RBP1Retinol-binding protein 1; RFT1 Protein RFT1 homolog; RTN3 Reticulon-3;SAR1A GTP-binding protein SAR1a; SAR1B GTP-binding protein SAR1b; SCAMPISecretory carrier-associated membrane protein 1; SCAMP2 Secretorycarrier-associated membrane protein 2; SCAMP3 Secretorycarrier-associated membrane protein 3; SCP2 Non-specific lipid-transferprotein; SDHA Succinate dehydrogenase; SDHB Succinate dehydrogenase;SDHC Succinate dehydrogenase cytochrome b560 subunit, mitochondrial;SDHD Succinate dehydrogenase; SEC13 Protein SEC13 homolog; SEC22BVesicle-trafficking protein SEC22b; SEC23A Protein transport proteinSec23A; SEC23B Protein transport protein Sec23B; SEC61A1 Proteintransport protein Sec61 subunit alpha isoform; SEC61A2 Protein transportprotein Sec61 subunit alpha isoform; SEC63 Translocation protein SEC63homolog; SFXN1 Sideroflexin-1; SFXN4 Sideroflexin-4; SIGMAR1 Sigmanon-opioid intracellular receptor 1; SIGMAR1 Sigma non-opioidintracellular receptor 1; SLC16A1 Monocarboxylate transporter 1; SLC1A5Neutral amino acid transporter B(0); SLC25A1 Tricarboxylate transportprotein, mitochondrial; SLC25A10 Mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier;SLC25A11 Mitochondrial 2-oxoglutarate/malate carrier protein; SLC25Al2Calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein Aral; SLC25A13Calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein Aral; SLC25A15Mitochondrial ornithine transporter 1; SLC25A16 Graves disease carrierprotein homolog; SLC25A17 Peroxisomal membrane protein PMP34; SLC25A19Mitochondrial thiamine pyrophosphate carrier; SLC25A20 Mitochondrialcarnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein; SLC25A21 Mitochondrial2-oxodicarboxylate carrier; SLC25A22 Mitochondrial glutamate carrier 1;SLC25A24 Calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein SCaM; SLC25A25Calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein SCaM; SLC25A26S-adenosylmethionine mitochondrial carrier protein; SLC25A3 Phosphatecarrier protein, mitochondrial; SLC25A32 Mitochondrial folatetransporter/carrier; SLC25A33 Solute carrier family 25 member 33;SLC25A4 ADP/ATP translocase 1; SLC25A44 Solute carrier family 25 member44; SLC25A5 ADP/ATP translocase 2; SLC25A51 Solute carrier family 25member 51; SLC25A6 ADP/ATP translocase 3; SLC29A3 Equilibrativenucleoside transporter 3; SLC2A3 Solute carrier family 2, facilitatedglucose transporter; SLC30A6 Zinc transporter 6; SLC30A7 Zinctransporter 7; SLC33A1 Acetyl-coenzyme A transporter 1; SLC35B2Adenosine 3-phospho 5-phosphosulfate transporter; SLC35E1 Solute carrierfamily 35 member El; SLC38A2 Sodium-coupled neutral amino acidtransporter 2; SLC39A7 Zinc transporter SLC39A7; SLC7A1 High affinitycationic amino acid transporter 1; SLC7A3 Cationic amino acidtransporter 3; SNX1 Sorting nexin-1; SNX2 Sorting nexin-2; SNX27 Sortingnexin-27; SNX5 Sorting nexin-5; SNX6 Sorting nexin-6; SNX9 Sortingnexin-9; SPNS1 Protein spinster homolog 1; STX18 Syntaxin-18; Stx5Syntaxin-5; SV2C Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2C; TIMM17A Mitochondrialimport inner membrane translocase subunit; TIMM17B Mitochondrial importinner membrane translocase subunit; TIMM22 Mitochondrial import innermembrane translocase subunit; TIMM23 Mitochondrial import inner membranetranslocase subunit; TIMM44 Mitochondrial import inner membranetranslocase subunit; TIMM50 Mitochondrial import inner membranetranslocase subunit; TMED1 Transmembrane emp24 domain-containing protein1; TMED10 Transmembrane emp24 domain-containing protein 10; TMED2Transmembrane emp24 domain-containing protein 2; TMED3 Transmembraneemp24 domain-containing protein 3; TMED4 Transmembrane emp24domain-containing protein 4; TMEDS Transmembrane emp24 domain-containingprotein 5; TMED7 Transmembrane emp24 domain-containing protein 7; TMED9Transmembrane emp24 domain-containing protein 9; TMEM38B Trimericintracellular cation channel type B; TMEM48 Nucleoporin NDC1; Tmem66Store-operated calcium entry-associated regulatory; TMX1Thioredoxin-related transmembrane protein 1; TMX4 Thioredoxin-relatedtransmembrane protein 4; TNPO1 Transportin-1; TNPO2 Transportin-2; TNPO3Transportin-3; TOMM20 Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM20homolog; TOMM22 Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM22 homolog;TOMM40 Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM40 homolog; TPRNucleoprotein TPR; TRAM1 Translocating chain-associated membrane protein1; TSPO Translocator protein; TTYH3 Protein tweety homolog 3; TUSC3Tumor suppressor candidate 3; UNC119 Protein unc-119 homolog A; UNC119BProtein unc-119 homolog B; UQCR10 Cytochrome b-cl complex subunit 9;UQCRC1 Cytochrome b-cl complex subunit 1, mitochondrial; UQCRC2Cytochrome b-cl complex subunit 2, mitochondrial; UQCRFS1 Cytochromeb-cl complex subunit Rieske, mitochondrial; UQCRQ Cytochrome b-clcomplex subunit 8; VCP Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase; VDAC1Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein; VDAC2Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein; VDAC3Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein; VPS35 Vacuolarprotein sorting-associated protein 35; XPO1 Exportin-1; XPO5 Exportin-5;XPOT Exportin-T; YIF1A Protein YIF1A; and YKT6 Synaptobrevin homologYKT6.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the transporters described above and elsewhereherein.

A receptor is a protein molecule that is embedded within the plasmamembrane of a cell. In some instances, the receptor upon receiving asignal, such as a chemical signal, respond by producing a change in thecell. In some embodiments, a receptor is further divided into type 1receptors or ionotropic receptors which are targeted by fastneurotransmitters such as acetylcholine (nicotinic) and GABA; type 2receptors or G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); type 3 receptors orkinase linked and related receptors such as tyrosine kinase receptor andenzyme-linked receptor; and type 4 receptors or nuclear receptors.Exemplary receptors include, but are not limited to, ITGB1 Integrinbeta-1, KDELR1 ER lumen protein retaining receptor 1, KDELR2 ER lumenprotein retaining receptor 2, KDELR3 ER lumen protein retaining receptor3, LBR Lamin-B receptor, LMBR1 Limb region 1 protein homolog, NGFR Tumornecrosis factor receptor superfamily member, NR3C1 Glucocorticoidreceptor, PGRMC1 Membrane-associated progesterone receptor component,PGRMC2 Membrane-associated progesterone receptor component, PHB2Prohibitin-2, SCARB1 Scavenger receptor class B member 1, SCARB2Lysosome membrane protein 2, SIGMAR1 Sigma non-opioid intracellularreceptor 1, SLC1A5 Neutral amino acid transporter B(0), SRPRB Signalrecognition particle receptor subunit beta, and TFRC Transferrinreceptor protein 1.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the receptors described above and elsewhereherein.

An adaptor is an accessory protein molecule which mediates specificprotein-protein interactions that drive the formation of proteincomplexes. In some instances, an adaptor protein lacks intrinsicenzymatic activity. Exemplary adaptor proteins include, but are notlimited to, adaptor protein complex 1, adaptor protein complex 2,Casitas B-lineage lymphoma (Cbl) adaptor protein, Lck-interactingmolecule (LIME), non-catalytic region of tyrosine kinase (Nck) adaptorprotein, BAIAP2 Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1-associated; MPP6MAGUK p55 subfamily member 6; SPTAN1 spectrin alpha chain,non-erythrocytic 1; YWHAB 14-3-3 protein beta/alpha; YWHAE 14-3-3protein epsilon; YWHAG 14-3-3 protein gamma; YWHAH 14-3-3 protein eta;YWHAQ 14-3-3 protein theta; and YWHAZ 14-3-3 protein zeta/delta.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the adaptors described above and elsewhereherein.

A channel protein is a pore-forming membrane protein which allows thetransport of molecules such as ions and small molecules across a cellmembrane. In some instances, a channel protein is a ligand-gated,voltage-gated, or mechanically-gated channel protein. In some instances,a channel protein allows for passive diffusion of molecules such as ionsand small molecules. Exemplary channel proteins include, but are notlimited to, VDAC1 Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein,VDAC2 Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein, and VDAC3Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the channel proteins described above andelsewhere herein.

A chaperone is a protein molecule that assists in folding or unfoldingof protein molecules and/or assembly or disassembly of macromolecularstructures. Exemplary chaperones include, but are not limited to, ABCE1ATP-binding cassette sub-family E member 1; AHSA1 Activator of 90 kDaheat shock protein ATPase homolog 1; ANP32B acidic leucine-rich nuclearphosphoprotein 32 family; BAG6 Large proline-rich protein BAG6; BCS1Lmitochondrial chaperone BCS1; CALR calreticulin; CANX calnexin; CCT2T-complex protein 1 subunit beta; CCT3 T-complex protein 1 subunitgamma; CCT4 T-complex protein 1 subunit delta; CCT5 T-complex protein 1subunit epsilon; CCT6A T-complex protein 1 subunit zeta; CCT7 T-complexprotein 1 subunit eta; CD74 H-2 class II histocompatibility antigengamma chai; CDC37 Hsp90 co-chaperone Cdc37; CLGN calmegin; DNAJA1 DnaJhomolog subfamily A member 1; DNAJC1 DnaJ homolog subfamily C member 1;DNAJC11 DnaJ homolog subfamily C member 11; HSP9OAA1 Heat shock proteinHSP 90-alpha; HSP90AB1 Heat shock protein HSP 90-beta; HSP90B1Endoplasmin; HSPA1B Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A/1B; HSPA2 Heatshock-related 70 kDa protein 2; HSPA8 Heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein;HSPA9 Stress-70 protein, mitochondrial; HSPD1 60 kDa heat shock protein,mitochondrial; HYOU1 Hypoxia up-regulated protein 1; NDUFAF2 Mimitin,mitochondrial; SCO1 Protein SCO1 homolog, mitochondrial; SCO2 ProteinSCO2 homolog, mitochondrial; ST13 Hsc70-interacting protein; TBCDTubulin-specific chaperone D; TCP1 T-complex protein 1 subunit alpha;TIMMDC1 Translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane domain; and TMEM126BTransmembrane protein 126B.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes described herein interactor bind to one or more of the chaperones described above and elsewhereherein.

In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperonedescribed supra. In other embodiments, the lipid binding protein is aprotein disclosed in Tables 3-6 (which are incorporated in files48054-701-101Table3.txt, 48054-701-101Table4.txt,48054-701-101Table5.txt, and 48054-701-101Table6.txt). Sometimes, thelipid binding protein is an enzyme, a transporter, a receptor, anadaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone described in Tables 3-6.

In some embodiments, one or more lipid probes interact or bind to one ormore of the lipid binding proteins disclosed in Tables 3-6. In someinstances, one or more lipid probes interact or bind to one or more ofthe enzyme, transporter, receptor, adaptor, channel protein, orchaperone described in Tables 3-6.

Samples, Analytical Techniques, and Instrumentation

In certain embodiments, one or more of the methods disclosed hereincomprise a sample. In some embodiments, the sample is a cell sample or atissue sample. In some instances, the sample is a cell sample. In someembodiments, the sample for use with the methods described herein isobtained from cells of an animal. In some instances, the animal cellincludes a cell from a marine invertebrate, fish, insects, amphibian,reptile, or mammal. In some instances, the mammalian cell is a primate,ape, equine, bovine, porcine, canine, feline, or rodent. In someinstances, the mammal is a primate, ape, dog, cat, rabbit, ferret, orthe like. In some cases, the rodent is a mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil,hamster, chinchilla, or guinea pig. In some embodiments, the bird cellis from a canary, parakeet or parrots. In some embodiments, the reptilecell is from a turtles, lizard or snake. In some cases, the fish cell isfrom a tropical fish. In some cases, the fish cell is from a zebrafish(e.g. Danio rerio). In some cases, the worm cell is from a nematode(e.g. C. elegans). In some cases, the amphibian cell is from a frog. Insome embodiments, the arthropod cell is from a tarantula or hermit crab.

In some embodiments, the sample for use with the methods describedherein is obtained from a mammalian cell. In some instances, themammalian cell is an epithelial cell, connective tissue cell, hormonesecreting cell, a nerve cell, a skeletal muscle cell, a blood cell, oran immune system cell.

Exemplary mammalian cells include, but are not limited to, 293A cellline, 293FT cell line, 293F cells, 293H cells, HEK 293 cells, CHO DG44cells, CHO—S cells, CHO-K1 cells, Expi293F™ cells, Flp-In™ T-REx™ 293cell line, Flp-In™-293 cell line, Flp-In™-3T3 cell line, Flp-In™-BHKcell line, Flp-In™—CHO cell line, Flp-In™-CV-1 cell line, Flp-In™-Jurkatcell line, FreeStyle™ 293-F cells, FreeStyle™ CHO—S cells, GripTite™ 293MSR cell line, GS-CHO cell line, HepaRG™ cells, T-REx™ Jurkat cell line,Per.C6 cells, T-REx™-293 cell line, T-REx™—CHO cell line, T-REx™-HeLacell line, NC-HIMT cell line, and PC12 cell line.

In some instances, the sample for use with the methods described hereinis obtained from cells of a tumor cell line. In some instances, thesample is obtained from cells of a solid tumor cell line. In someinstances, the solid tumor cell line is a sarcoma cell line. In someinstances, the solid tumor cell line is a carcinoma cell line. In someembodiments, the sarcoma cell line is obtained from a cell line ofalveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, ameloblastoma,angiosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, chordoma, clear cell sarcoma of softtissue, dedifferentiated liposarcoma, desmoid, desmoplastic small roundcell tumor, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, epithelioid fibrosarcoma,epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, epithelioid sarcoma,esthesioneuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, extrarenal rhabdoid tumor,extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma, extraskeletal osteosarcoma,fibrosarcoma, giant cell tumor, hemangiopericytoma, infantilefibrosarcoma, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Kaposi sarcoma,leiomyosarcoma of bone, liposarcoma, liposarcoma of bone, malignantfibrous histiocytoma (MFH), malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) ofbone, malignant mesenchymoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor,mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, myxofibrosarcoma, myxoid liposarcoma,myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma, neoplasms with perivascularepitheioid cell differentiation, osteosarcoma, parosteal osteosarcoma,neoplasm with perivascular epitheioid cell differentiation, periostealosteosarcoma, pleomorphic liposarcoma, pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma,PNET/extraskeletal Ewing tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, round cellliposarcoma, small cell osteosarcoma, solitary fibrous tumor, synovialsarcoma, or telangiectatic osteosarcoma.

In some embodiments, the carcinoma cell line is obtained from a cellline of adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamouscarcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, small cellcarcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, bile duct cancer (i.e.,cholangiocarcinoma), bladder cancer, brain tumor, breast cancer,cervical cancer, colon cancer, cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP),esophageal cancer, eye cancer, fallopian tube cancer,gastroenterological cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer,medulloblastoma, melanoma, oral cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreaticcancer, parathyroid disease, penile cancer, pituitary tumor, prostatecancer, rectal cancer, skin cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer,throat cancer, thyroid cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, or vulvarcancer.

In some instances, the sample is obtained from cells of a hematologicmalignant cell line. In some instances, the hematologic malignant cellline is a T-cell cell line. In some instances, B-cell cell line. In someinstances, the hematologic malignant cell line is obtained from a T-cellcell line of: peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified(PTCL-NOS), anaplastic large cell lymphoma, angioimmunoblastic lymphoma,cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL),blastic NK-cell lymphoma, enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma,hematosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma, lymphoblastic lymphoma, nasalNK/T-cell lymphomas, or treatment-related T-cell lymphomas.

In some instances, the hematologic malignant cell line is obtained froma B-cell cell line of: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acutemyelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), acutemonocytic leukemia (AMoL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), high-riskchronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL),high-risk small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), follicular lymphoma (FL),mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, multiplemyeloma, extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma, nodal marginal zone Bcell lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, non-Burkitt high grade B celllymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL), immunoblasticlarge cell lymphoma, precursor B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, B cellprolymphocytic leukemia, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, splenic marginalzone lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma, plasmacytoma, mediastinal (thymic)large B cell lymphoma, intravascular large B cell lymphoma, primaryeffusion lymphoma, or lymphomatoid granulomatosis.

In some embodiments, the sample for use with the methods describedherein is obtained from a tumor cell line. Exemplary tumor cell lineincludes, but is not limited to, 600MPE, AU565, BT-20, BT-474, BT-483,BT-549, Evsa-T, Hs578T, MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, SkBr3, T-47D, HeLa, DU145,PC3, LNCaP, A549, H1299, NCI-H460, A2780, SKOV-3/Luc, Neuro2a, RKO,RKO-AS45-1, HT-29, SW1417, SW948, DLD-1, SW480, Capan-1, MC/9, B72.3,B25.2, B6.2, B38.1, DMS 153, SU.86.86, SNU-182, SNU-423, SNU-449,SNU-475, SNU-387, Hs 817.T, LMH, LMH/2A, SNU-398, PLHC-1, HepG2/SF,OCI-Lyl, OCI-Ly2, OCI-Ly3, OCI-Ly4, OCI-Ly6, OCI-Ly7, OCI-Ly10,OCI-Ly18, OCI-Ly19, U2932, DB, HBL-1, RIVA, SUDHL2, TMD8, MEC1, MEC2,8E5, CCRF-CEM, MOLT-3, TALL-104, AML-193, THP-1, BDCM, HL-60, Jurkat,RPMI 8226, MOLT-4, RS4, K-562, KASUMI-1, Daudi, GA-10, Raji, JeKo-1,NK-92, and Mino.

In some embodiments, the sample for use in the methods is from anytissue or fluid from an individual. Samples include, but are not limitedto, tissue (e.g. connective tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue, orepithelial tissue), whole blood, dissociated bone marrow, bone marrowaspirate, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, central spinal fluid,abdominal fluid, pancreatic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, brain fluid,ascites, pericardial fluid, urine, saliva, bronchial lavage, sweat,tears, ear flow, sputum, hydrocele fluid, semen, vaginal flow, milk,amniotic fluid, and secretions of respiratory, intestinal orgenitourinary tract. In some embodiments, the sample is a tissue sample,such as a sample obtained from a biopsy or a tumor tissue sample. Insome embodiments, the sample is a blood serum sample. In someembodiments, the sample is a blood cell sample containing one or moreperipheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In some embodiments, thesample contains one or more circulating tumor cells (CTCs). In someembodiments, the sample contains one or more disseminated tumor cells(DTC, e.g., in a bone marrow aspirate sample).

In some embodiments, the samples are obtained from the individual by anysuitable means of obtaining the sample using well-known and routineclinical methods. Procedures for obtaining tissue samples from anindividual are well known. For example, procedures for drawing andprocessing tissue sample such as from a needle aspiration biopsy iswell-known and is employed to obtain a sample for use in the methodsprovided. Typically, for collection of such a tissue sample, a thinhollow needle is inserted into a mass such as a tumor mass for samplingof cells that, after being stained, will be examined under a microscope.

Sample Preparation and Analysis

In some embodiments, the sample is a sample solution. In some instances,the sample solution comprises a solution such as a buffer (e.g.phosphate buffered saline) or a media. In some instances, the samplesolution is a cell solution.

In some embodiments, the sample (e.g. cells or a cell solution) isincubated with a lipid probe for analysis of protein lipid probeinteractions. In some instances, the sample is further compared with acontrol. In some instances, a difference is observed in a set of lipidprobe protein interactions between the sample and the control. In someinstances, the difference correlates to a set of lipid binding proteinsthat interacts with a lipid probe.

In some instances, the sample (e.g. cells or a cell solution) isincubated with a drug for analysis of protein lipid probe interactionsand lipid binding protein-drug interactions. In some cases, the sampleis further compared with a control. In some instances, a difference isobserved in a set of lipid probe protein interactions between the sampleand the control. In some instances, the difference correlates to a setof lipid binding proteins that interacts with a drug. In some instances,one lipid binding protein is observed to interact with a drug. In someinstances, multiple lipid binding proteins are observed to interact witha drug. In some aspects, a drug is a specific inhibitor of a lipidbinding protein. In some instances, a drug is a pan-inhibitor of a lipidbinding protein. In some instances, the drug is a competitor of a lipidprobe for interaction with a lipid binding protein.

In some embodiments, the sample (e.g. cells or a cell solution) isfurther labeled for analysis of protein lipid probe interactions andlipid binding protein-drug interactions. In some instances, the sample(e.g. cells or a cell solution) is labeled with an enriched media. Insome cases, the sample (e.g. cells or a cell solution) is labeled withisotope-labeled amino acids, such as ¹³C or ¹⁵N-labeled amino acids. Insome cases, the labeled sample is further compared with a non-labeledsample to detect differences in protein lipid probe interactions betweenthe two samples. In some instances, this difference is a difference of aprotein and its interaction with a lipid probe in the labeled sampleversus the non-labeled sample. In some instances, the difference is anincrease, decrease or a lack of protein lipid probe interaction in thetwo samples. In some instances, the isotope-labeled method is termedSILAC, stable isotope labeling using amino acids in cell culture.

In some instances, the sample is divided into a first cell solution anda second cell solution. In some instances, the first cell solution iscontacted with a first lipid probe and a second cell solution iscontacted with a second lipid probe. In some embodiments, the firstlipid probe and the second lipid probe are the same. In some instances,the second cell solution comprises an enriched media and a drug. In someembodiments, enriched cell culture media is a stable isotope labeledmedia. In some instances, the enriched cell culture media contains ¹³Clabeled amino acids, ¹⁵N labeled amino acids, or a combination thereof.In some embodiments, the first cell solution comprises unlabeled media,such as a fetal bovine serum based or serum-free media.

In some instances, upon incubation with a lipid probe and/or a drug, thefirst cell solution and/or second cell solution are then treated byvisible light or ultraviolet light to cross-link the lipid probe withits binding partner from the cell solutions. In some instances, bothcell solutions are treated by a photoreactive means (e.g. ultravioletlight). In some instances, only one of the cell solutions is treated bya photoreactive means.

In some instances, when a drug is added to the second cell solution fordetermining a lipid binding protein as a drug binding target, both cellsolutions are treated by a photoreactive means (e.g. ultraviolet light).In some cases, a drug competes with a lipid probe for interaction with alipid binding protein. In some instances, lipid probe and proteininteraction from both the first cell solution and second cell solutionare analyzed and the difference (e.g. the lack or decreased lipid probeand protein interaction due to a drug competition effect in the secondcell solution) in lipid probe and protein interaction between the twocell solutions allow for identification of the lipid binding proteins asdrug targets. In some instances, a control (e.g. dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO)) is added to the first cell solution or the second cell solution.

In some embodiments, only the first cell solution is treated by aphotoreactive means (e.g. ultraviolet light). In some instances, bothcell solutions are then further processed to identify proteins as lipidbinding proteins. In some instances, the difference between the two cellsolutions, e.g. the lack or decreased lipid probe and proteininteraction due to an absence of photolysis in the second cellpopulation, allows for identification of proteins as lipid bindingproteins.

In some instances, after treatment by a photoreactive means, the cellsolutions are then treated by conventional means to harvest the lipidprobe-protein complexes. In some instances, the lipid probe-proteincomplexes are harvested involving centrifugation; lysis such as byvortex, homogenization, or freeze-thaw step; filtration step; andenrichment steps such as concentration, chemical extraction, or affinitybased extraction. In some instances, the cell lysate generated from thecell solutions is further separated into a solution fraction and amembrane fraction and lipid probe-protein complexes are harvested fromthe two fractions.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe-protein complex is furtherconjugated to a chromophore, such as a fluorophore. In some instances,the lipid probe-protein complex is separated and visualized utilizing anelectrophoresis system, such as through a gel electrophoresis, or acapillary electrophoresis. Exemplary gel electrophoresis includesagarose based gels, polyacrylamide based gels, or starch based gels. Insome instances, the lipid probe-protein is subjected to a nativeelectrophoresis condition. In some instances, the lipid probe-protein issubjected to a denaturing electrophoresis condition.

In some instances, the lipid probe-protein is further fragmentized togenerate protein fragments. In some instances, fragmentation isgenerated through mechanical stress, pressure, or chemical means. Insome instances, the protein from the lipid probe-protein complexes isfragmented by a chemical means. In some embodiments, the chemical meansis a protease. Exemplary proteases include, but are not limited to,serine proteases such as chymotrypsin A, penicillin G acylase precursor,dipeptidase E, DmpA aminopeptidase, subtilisin, prolyl oligopeptidase,D-Ala-D-Ala peptidase C, signal peptidase I, cytomegalovirus assemblin,Lon-A peptidase, peptidase Clp, Escherichia coli phage K1Fendosialidase, CIMCD self-cleaving protein, nucleoporin 145,lactoferrin, murein tetrapeptidase LD-carboxypeptidase, or rhomboid-1;threonine proteases such as ornithine acetyltransferase; cysteineproteases such as TEV protease, amidophosphoribosyltransferaseprecursor, gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (Rattus norvegicus), hedgehogprotein, DmpA aminopeptidase, papain, bromelain, cathepsin K, calpain,caspase-1, separase, adenain, pyroglutamyl-peptidase I, sortase A,hepatitis C virus peptidase 2, sindbis virus-type nsP2 peptidase,dipeptidyl-peptidase VI, or DeSI-1 peptidase; aspartate proteases suchas beta-secretase 1 (BACE1), beta-secretase 2 (BACE2), cathepsin D,cathepsin E, chymosin, napsin-A, nepenthesin, pepsin, plasmepsin,presenilin, or renin; glutamic acid proteases such as AfuGprA; andmetalloproteases such as peptidase_M48.

In some instances, the fragmentation is a random fragmentation. In someinstances, the fragmentation generates specific lengths of proteinfragments, or the shearing occurs at particular sequence of amino acidregions.

In some instances, the protein fragments are further analyzed by aproteomic method such as by liquid chromatography (LC) (e.g. highperformance liquid chromatography), liquid chromatography-massspectrometry (LC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS),capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS), or nuclear magneticresonance imaging (NMR).

In some embodiments, the LC method is any suitable LC methods well knownin the art, for separation of a sample into its individual parts. Thisseparation occurs based on the interaction of the sample with the mobileand stationary phases. Since there are many stationary/mobile phasecombinations that are employed when separating a mixture, there areseveral different types of chromatography that are classified based onthe physical states of those phases. In some embodiments, the LC isfurther classified as normal-phase chromatography, reverse-phasechromatography, size-exclusion chromatography, ion-exchangechromatography, affinity chromatography, displacement chromatography,partition chromatography, flash chromatography, chiral chromatography,and aqueous normal-phase chromatography.

In some embodiments, the LC method is a high performance liquidchromatography (HPLC) method. In some embodiments, the HPLC method isfurther categorized as normal-phase chromatography, reverse-phasechromatography, size-exclusion chromatography, ion-exchangechromatography, affinity chromatography, displacement chromatography,partition chromatography, chiral chromatography, and aqueousnormal-phase chromatography.

In some embodiments, the HPLC method of the present disclosure isperformed by any standard techniques well known in the art. ExemplaryHPLC methods include hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography(HILIC), electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction liquidchromatography (ERLIC) and reverse phase liquid chromatography (RPLC).

In some embodiments, the LC is coupled to a mass spectroscopy as a LC-MSmethod. In some embodiments, the LC-MS method includes ultra-performanceliquid chromatography-electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flightmass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS), ultra-performance liquidchromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-ESI-MS/MS), reverse phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(RPLC-MS), hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-massspectrometry (HILIC-MS), hydrophilic interaction liquidchromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (HILIC-QQQ),electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction liquidchromatography-mass spectrometry (ERLIC-MS), liquid chromatographytime-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS), liquidchromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), multidimensionalliquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry(LC/LC-MS/MS). In some instances, the LC-MS method is LC/LC-MS/MS. Insome embodiments, the LC-MS methods of the present disclosure areperformed by standard techniques well known in the art.

In some embodiments, the GC is coupled to a mass spectroscopy as a GC-MSmethod. In some embodiments, the GC-MS method includes two-dimensionalgas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-GC-TOFMS), gaschromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-QTOF-MS) and gaschromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).

In some embodiments, CE is coupled to a mass spectroscopy as a CE-MSmethod. In some embodiments, the CE-MS method includes capillaryelectrophoresis-negative electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry(CE-ESI-MS), capillary electrophoresis-negative electrosprayionization-quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-QTOF-MS)and capillary electrophoresis-quadrupole time of flight-massspectrometry (CE-QTOF-MS).

In some embodiments, the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method is anysuitable method well known in the art for the detection of one or morelipid binding proteins or protein fragments disclosed herein. In someembodiments, the NMR method includes one dimensional (1D) NMR methods,two dimensional (2D) NMR methods, solid state NMR methods and NMRchromatography. Exemplary 1D NMR methods include ¹Hydrogen, ¹³Carbon,¹⁵Nitrogen, ¹⁷Oxygen, ¹⁹Fluorine, ³¹Phosphorus, ³⁹Potassium, ²³Sodium,³³Sulfur, ⁸⁷Strontium, ²⁷Aluminium, ⁴³Calcium, ³⁵Chlorine, ³⁷Chlorine,⁶³Copper, ⁶⁵Copper, ⁵⁷Iron, ²⁵Magnesium, ¹⁹⁹Mercury or ⁶⁷Zinc NMRmethod, distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer (DEPT)method, attached proton test (APT) method and 1D-incredible naturalabundance double quantum transition experiment (INADEQUATE) method.Exemplary 2D NMR methods include correlation spectroscopy (COSY), totalcorrelation spectroscopy (TOCSY), 2D-INADEQUATE, 2D-adequate doublequantum transfer experiment (ADEQUATE), nuclear overhauser effectspectroscopy (NOSEY), rotating-frame NOE spectroscopy (ROESY),heteronuclear multiple-quantum correlation spectroscopy (HMQC),heteronuclear single quantum coherence spectroscopy (HSQC), short rangecoupling and long range coupling methods. Exemplary solid state NMRmethod include solid state ¹³Carbon NMR, high resolution magic anglespinning (HR-MAS) and cross polarization magic angle spinning (CP-MAS)NMR methods. Exemplary NMR techniques include diffusion orderedspectroscopy (DOSY), DOSY-TOCSY and DOSY-HSQC.

In some embodiments, the protein fragments are analyzed by method asdescribed in Weerapana et al., “Quantitative reactivity profilingpredicts functional cysteines in proteomes,” Nature, 468:790-795 (2010).

In some embodiments, a value is assigned to each of the protein from thelipid probe-protein complex. In some instances, the value is thearea-under-the curve from a plot of signal intensity as a function ofmass-to-charge ratio. In some embodiments, a first value is assigned tothe protein obtained from the first cell solution and a second value isassigned to the same protein obtained from the second cell solution. Insome instances, a ratio is calculated between the two values. In someinstances, a ratio of greater than 2 indicates that the protein is acandidate for interacting with a drug or that the protein is a lipidbinding protein. In some instances, the ratio is greater than 2.5, 3,3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or20. In some cases, the ratio is at most 20.

In some instances, the ratio is calculated based on averaged values. Insome instances, the averaged value is an average of at least two, three,or four values of the protein from each cell solution, or that theprotein is observed at least two, three, or four times in each cellsolution and a value is assigned to each observed time. In someinstances, the ratio further has a standard deviation of less than 12,10, or 8.

In some instances, a value is not an averaged value. In some instances,the ratio is calculated based on value of a protein observed only oncein a cell population. In some instances, the ratio is assigned with avalue of 20.

In some embodiments, in the context of identifying a lipid bindingprotein as a drug binding target, a first ratio is obtained from twocell solutions in which both cell solutions have been treated byphotoreactive means and the second cell solution is incubated with adrug. In some instances, the first ratio is further compared to a secondratio in which both cell solutions have been treated by photoreactivemeans in the absence of a drug. In some instances, the first ratio isgreater than 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some instances, the secondratio is greater than 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some instances, ifthe first ratio is greater than 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 and the second ratio isfrom about 0.5 to about 2, the two ratios indicate that a protein is adrug binding target.

In some embodiments, in the context of identifying a protein as a lipidbinding protein, a first ratio is obtained from two cell solutions inwhich both cell solutions have been treated by photoreactive means. Insome instances, the first ratio is further compared to a second ratio inwhich one of the cell solutions (e.g. the first cell solution) istreated by a photoreactive means. In some instances, the first ratio isgreater than 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some instances, the secondratio is greater than 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some instances, ifthe first ratio is from about 0.5 to about 2, and the second ratio isgreater than 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20, the two ratios indicate that a protein is alipid binding protein.

Method of Mapping Ligand Binding Site on a Lipid Binding Protein

In some instances, also disclosed herein is a method of mapping theligand binding site on a lipid binding protein. In some embodiments, themethod comprises (a) harvesting a set of lipid probe-protein complexesfrom a sample wherein the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactivegroup, and an affinity handle; (b) analyzing the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes by a proteomic analysis means; and (c) based onstep b), locating a ligand binding site on the lipid binding protein.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises treating the set oflipid probe-protein complexes with a protease to generate a set ofprotein fragments. The protease is a serine protease, a threonineprotease, a cysteine protease, an aspartate protease, a glutamic acidprotease, or a metalloprotease. In some instances, the protease is aserine protease. In some instances, the protease is trypsin. In someinstances, lipid probe-protein complex is further attached to a labelinggroup such as a biotin moiety. In some instances, the labeling groupsuch as a biotin moiety further comprises a linker. In some instances,the linker is a peptide. In some instances, the peptide linker is about7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or more amino acidresidues in length. In some instances, the peptide linker contains acleavage site. A non-limiting list of cleavage sites includes TobaccoEtch Virus (TEV), thrombin (Thr), enterokinase (EKT), activated Factor X(Xa), or human Rhinovirus 3C protease (3C/PreScission). In someinstances, the peptide linker contains a TEV protease cleavage site. Insome instances, the TEV protease cleavage site comprises the followingsequence Gly-Gln-Phe-Tyr-Leu-Asn-Glu. In some instances, the biotinmoiety is further coupled to a bead (e.g. a streptavidin-coupled bead).

In some instances, the protein from the lipid probe-protein complexattached to the bead (via a biotin moiety comprising a linker andattached to a streptavidin-coupled bead) is digested with trypsin, andthe immobilized peptide or protein fragment is further separated andcollected. In some instances, the collected peptide or protein fragmentis then digested by a protease (e.g. TEV protease), and the treatedprotein fragment is then separated, and collected for analysis. In someinstances, the analysis is a proteomic analysis as described above andelsewhere herein. In some instances, the sequence of the proteinfragment is further determined. In some instances, the protein fragmentcorrelates to a drug binding site on the lipid binding protein.

In some embodiments, the sequence of the protein fragment correlates toa sequence as illustrated in Table 6. In some instances, the sequence asshown in Table 6 correlates to a site on the full length protein as adrug binding site. In some instances, the sequence as shown in Table 6correlates to a drug binding site. In some instances, polypeptidescomprising one or more of the sequences as shown in Table 6 serve asprobes for drug screening.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises a lipid, a photoreactivegroup, and an affinity handle. In some embodiments, the lipid is abioactive lipid. In some instances, the lipid comprises fatty acyls,glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids,prenol lipids, saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some cases, the lipidis a member of the fatty acyls group. In some cases, the fatty acylscomprise fatty acids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fattyalcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles,fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. In some instances, the lipid isa sterol lipid.

In some embodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides,benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diarylketones. In some embodiments, the photoreactive group is a diazirine orits derivatives thereof.

In some embodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonal affinityhandle. In some instances, the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group. In some embodiments, the affinity handle comprises analkyne group or an azide group.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises: a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; aphotoreactive linker; and an affinity handle.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

-   -   wherein:    -   A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;    -   D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;        -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;        -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;        -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;        -   n is 1, 2, or 3;    -   PG is a photoreactive group; and    -   AH is an affinity handle;        -   wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or            D.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas exemplified in FIG. 1 and in Table 1. In some embodiments, the lipidbinding protein is a soluble protein or a membrane protein. In someinstances, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, a transporter, areceptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone. In someinstances, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a gene ofTable 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a protein encoded bya gene of Table 5.

In some instances, the sample comprises a cell sample or a tissuesample. In some instances, the sample is a cell sample. In someinstances, the cell sample comprises a first cell solution and a secondcell solution. In some cases, the second cell solution comprises anenriched media and a drug. In some cases, the enriched media is a stableisotope labeled media. In some instances, the first cell solution andthe second cell solution are further treating by a photoreactive meansto generate a first group of lipid probe-protein complexes and a secondgroup of lipid probe-protein complexes, wherein the first group and thesecond group of lipid probe-protein complexes comprise the set of lipidprobe-protein complexes.

Compositions, Process of Producing a Lipid Probe-Protein Composition,and Lipid Probes

In some embodiments, disclosed herein include compositions of the lipidprobe-protein complex, and compositions that comprises a lipidprobe-protein complex and a sample.

In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a lipid probe-proteincomposition which comprises a lipid probe and a lipid binding protein.In some embodiments, also described herein is a lipid probe-proteincomposition produced by a process which comprises contacting a samplewith a lipid probe, and treating the sample which comprises the lipidprobe by a photoreactive means, wherein the treating time is from about5 minutes to about 1 hour. In some instances, the treating time is fromabout 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 minutes. Insome instances, the treating time is about 10 minutes. In someinstances, the treating temperature is at about 0° C., 1° C., 2° C., 3°C., 4° C., 5° C., 10° C., 15° C., 20° C., 25° C., 30° C., 37° C., or 40°C. In some instances, the treating temperature is at about 4° C.

In some instances, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.In some embodiments, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by agene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, a proteinencoded by a gene of Table 5, or a protein encoded by a gene of Table 6.In some instances, the lipid binding protein is nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1).In some cases, the lipid binding protein is a protein fragment. In somecases, the protein fragment is a protein fragment of Table 6.

In some embodiments, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In some instances,the lipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids,sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids, saccharolipids, orpolyketides. In some instances, the lipid is a member of the fatty acylsgroup. In some instances, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids,octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fattyaldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, orfatty acyl glycosides. In some cases, the lipid is a fatty acid. In somecases, the lipid is a sterol lipid. In some instances, the sterol lipidcomprises sterols, steroids, secosteroids, or bile acids. In someinstances, the sterol comprises cholesterol, ergosterol, C24-propylsterols, or stanol.

In some embodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides,benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diarylketones. In some embodiments, the affinity handle is a bioorthogonalaffinity handle. In some instances, the affinity handle comprises acarbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester,pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl,pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine,alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises: a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; aphotoreactive linker; and an affinity handle.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

-   -   wherein:    -   A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;    -   D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;        -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;        -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;        -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;        -   n is 1, 2, or 3;    -   PG is a photoreactive group; and    -   AH is an affinity handle;        -   wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or            D.

In some instances, the lipid probe has one of the following structuresas exemplified in FIG. 1 and in Table 1.

In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a composition which comprisesan isolated sample wherein the isolated sample is an isolated cell or atissue sample; and a lipid probe to be assayed for its ability tointeract with a lipid binding protein expressed in the isolated sample.In some instances, the composition further comprises a drug as a testcompound. In some cases, the lipid probe is assayed for its ability tointeract with a lipid binding protein expressed in the sample in thepresence of the drug.

In some embodiments, also described herein is an isolated treated cellwhich comprises a lipid probe attached to a lipid binding protein. Insome embodiments, the lipid probe is attached to the lipid bindingprotein through a covalent bond. In some instances, the isolated treatedcell further comprises a set of lipid probes wherein each of the lipidprobes is attached to a lipid binding protein. In some cases, each lipidprobe within the set is different. In other cases, each lipid probewithin the set is the same.

In some embodiments, further described herein is an isolated treatedpopulation of cells which comprises a set of lipid probes attached tolipid binding proteins. In some instances, each of the lipid probes isattached to a lipid binding protein through a covalent bond. In somecases, each lipid probe within the set is different. In other cases,each lipid probe within the set is the same.

In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a lipid probe which comprises alipid, a photoreactive group, and an affinity handle wherein the lipidprobe is constructed for detecting a drug-lipid binding proteininteraction. In some instances, the lipid is a bioactive lipid. In somecases, the lipid comprises fatty acyls, glycerolipids,glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids, prenol lipids,saccharolipids, or polyketides. In some instances, the lipid is a memberof the fatty acyls group. In some cases, the fatty acyls comprise fattyacids, octadecanoids, eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fattyaldehydes, fatty esters, fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, orfatty acyl glycosides. In other instances, the lipid is a sterol lipid.In some embodiments, the photoreactive group comprises azides,benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazonium salts, or diarylketones. In some cases, the photoreactive group is diazirine, or itsderivatives thereof. In some instances, the affinity handle is abioorthogonal affinity handle. In some cases, the affinity handlecomprises a carbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester,pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl,pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine,alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe comprises: a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls; aphotoreactive linker; and an affinity handle.

In some embodiments, the lipid probe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

-   -   wherein:    -   A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl;    -   D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or —OR⁸;        -   R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M;        -   R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n;        -   M is monovalent or divalent cation;        -   n is 1, 2, or 3;    -   PG is a photoreactive group; and    -   AH is an affinity handle;        -   wherein PG is attached to A or D and AH is attached to A or            D.

In some instances, PG is attached to A. In some cases, AH is attached toA. In some cases, the lipid probe has one of the following structures asexemplified in FIG. 1 and Table 1. In some cases, the probe is a lipidbinding protein ligand. In some instances, the probe is a competitiveligand for interaction with a lipid binding protein in the presence of adrug. In some cases, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.In some cases, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a geneof Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a protein encodedby a gene of Table 5. In some cases, the lipid binding protein isnucleobindin-1 (NUCB1).

Lipid Binding Protein Fragments as Ligand Interaction Sites

In some embodiments, described herein includes an isolated and purifiedpolypeptide that is derived from a lipid binding protein and serves as aligand interaction site. In some instances, the isolated and purifiedpolypeptide comprises at least 90% sequence identity to at least sevencontiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6,wherein the isolated and purified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acidsin length. In some instances, the isolated and purified polypeptidecomprises at least 95% sequence identity to at least seven contiguousamino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6, wherein theisolated and purified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acids in length.In some instances, the isolated and purified polypeptide comprises 100%sequence identity to at least seven contiguous amino acids of an aminoacid sequence selected from Table 6, wherein the isolated and purifiedpolypeptide is at most 50 amino acids in length. In some instances, theisolated and purified polypeptide consists of 100% sequence identity tothe full length of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6, whereinthe isolated and purified polypeptide is at most 50 amino acids inlength.

In some instances after the generation of a polypeptide, the polypeptideis subjected to one or more rounds of purification steps to removeimpurities. In some instances, the purification step is achromatographic step utilizing separation methods such asaffinity-based, size-exclusion based, ion-exchange based, or the like.In some cases, the polypeptide is at most 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%,90%, 95%, 99%, 99.9%, or 100% pure or without the presence ofimpurities. In some cases, the polypeptide is at least 30%, 40%, 50%,60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 99.9%, or 100% pure or without thepresence of impurities.

In some embodiments, described herein includes nucleic acid encoding apolypeptide that is derived from a lipid binding protein and serves as aligand interaction site. In some embodiments, described herein includesnucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising at least 90% sequenceidentity to at least seven contiguous amino acids of an amino acidsequence selected from Table 6. In some cases, the nucleic acid encodinga polypeptide comprising at least 95% sequence identity to at leastseven contiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selected fromTable 6. In some cases, the nucleic acid encoding a polypeptidecomprising 100% sequence identity to at least seven contiguous aminoacids of an amino acid sequence selected from Table 6. In some cases,the nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide consisting 100% sequenceidentity to the full length of an amino acid sequence selected fromTable 6.

In some instances, the nucleic acid is subjected to one or more roundsof purification steps to remove impurities. In some instances, thepurification step is a chromatographic step utilizing separation methodssuch as affinity-based, size-exclusion based, ion-exchange based, or thelike. In some cases, the nucleic acid is at most 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%,70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 99.9%, or 100% pure or without the presence ofimpurities. In some cases, the nucleic acid is at least 30%, 40%, 50%,60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 99.9%, or 100% pure or without thepresence of impurities.

As used herein, a polypeptide includes natural amino acids, unnaturalamino acids, or a combination thereof. In some instances, an amino acidresidue refers to a molecule containing both an amino group and acarboxyl group. Suitable amino acids include, without limitation, boththe D- and L-isomers of the naturally-occurring amino acids, as well asnon-naturally occurring amino acids prepared by organic synthesis orother metabolic routes. The term amino acid, as used herein, includes,without limitation, a-amino acids, natural amino acids, non-naturalamino acids, and amino acid analogs.

The term “α-amino acid” refers to a molecule containing both an aminogroup and a carboxyl group bound to a carbon which is designated thea-carbon.

The term “β-amino acid” refers to a molecule containing both an aminogroup and a carboxyl group in a β configuration.

“Naturally occurring amino acid” refers to any one of the twenty aminoacids commonly found in peptides synthesized in nature, and known by theone letter abbreviations A, R, N, C, D, Q, E, G, H, I, L, K, M, F, P, S,T, W, Y and V.

The following table shows a summary of the properties of natural aminoacids:

3- 1- Side- Side-chain Letter Letter chain charge Hydropathy Amino AcidCode Code Polarity (pH 7.4) Index Alanine Ala A nonpolar neutral 1.8Arginine Arg R polar positive −4.5 Asparagine Asn N polar neutral −3.5Aspartic acid Asp D polar negative −3.5 Cysteine Cys C polar neutral 2.5Glutamic acid Glu E polar negative −3.5 Glutamine Gln Q polar neutral−3.5 Glycine Gly G nonpolar neutral −0.4 Histidine His H polar positive(10%) −3.2 neutral (90%) Isoleucine Ile I nonpolar neutral 4.5 LeucineLeu L nonpolar neutral 3.8 Lysine Lys K polar positive −3.9 MethionineMet M nonpolar neutral 1.9 Phenylalanine Phe F nonpolar neutral 2.8Proline Pro P nonpolar neutral −1.6 Serine Ser S polar neutral −0.8Threonine Thr T polar neutral −0.7 Tryptophan Trp W nonpolar neutral−0.9 Tyrosine Tyr Y polar neutral −1.3 Valine Val V nonpolar neutral 4.2

“Hydrophobic amino acids” include small hydrophobic amino acids andlarge hydrophobic amino acids. “Small hydrophobic amino acid” areglycine, alanine, proline, and analogs thereof. “Large hydrophobic aminoacids” are valine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine,tryptophan, and analogs thereof. “Polar amino acids” are serine,threonine, asparagine, glutamine, cysteine, tyrosine, and analogsthereof “Charged amino acids” are lysine, arginine, histidine,aspartate, glutamate, and analogs thereof.

The term “amino acid analog” refers to a molecule which is structurallysimilar to an amino acid and which is substituted for an amino acid inthe formation of a peptidomimetic macrocycle. Amino acid analogsinclude, without limitation, (3-amino acids and amino acids where theamino or carboxy group is substituted by a similarly reactive group(e.g., substitution of the primary amine with a secondary or tertiaryamine, or substitution of the carboxy group with an ester).

The term “non-natural amino acid” refers to an amino acid which is notone of the twenty amino acids commonly found in peptides synthesized innature, and known by the one letter abbreviations A, R, N, C, D, Q, E,G, H, I, L, K, M, F, P, S, T, W, Y and V.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include β-amino acid analogs.Examples of β-amino acid analogs include, but are not limited to, thefollowing: cyclic β-amino acid analogs; β-alanine; (R)-β-phenylalanine;(R)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-3-acetic acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(1-naphthyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-furyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-naphthyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-thienyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3,4-difluorophenyl)butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-benzothienyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-pyridyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-thienyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-bromophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-iodophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-pyridyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(R)-3-amino-4-pentafluoro-phenylbutyric acid; (R)-3-amino-5-hexenoicacid; (R)-3-amino-5-hexynoic acid; (R)-3-amino-5-phenylpentanoic acid;(R)-3-amino-6-phenyl-5-hexenoic acid;(S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-3-acetic acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(1-naphthyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-furyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-naphthyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-thienyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3,4-difluorophenyl)butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-benzothienyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-pyridyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-thienyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-bromophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-chlorophenyl) butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-cyanophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-fluorophenyl) butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-iodophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-methylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-pyridyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-butyric acid;(S)-3-amino-4-pentafluoro-phenylbutyric acid; (S)-3-amino-5-hexenoicacid; (S)-3-amino-5-hexynoic acid; (S)-3-amino-5-phenylpentanoic acid;(S)-3-amino-6-phenyl-5-hexenoic acid;1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid;1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-4-carboxylic acid;3-amino-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-propionic acid;3-amino-3-(2-thienyl)-propionic acid;3-amino-3-(3-bromophenyl)-propionic acid;3-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-propionic acid;3-amino-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propionic acid;3-amino-4,4,4-trifluoro-butyric acid; 3-aminoadipic acid;D-β-phenylalanine; β-leucine; L-β-homoalanine; L-β-homoaspartic acidγ-benzyl ester; L-β-homoglutamic acid δ-benzyl ester;L-β-homoisoleucine; L-β-homoleucine; L-β-homomethionine;L-β-homophenylalanine; L-β-homoproline; L-β-homotryptophan;L-β-homovaline; L-Nω-benzyloxycarbonyl-β-homolysine;Nω-L-β-homoarginine; O-benzyl-L-β-homohydroxyproline;O-benzyl-L-β-homoserine; O-benzyl-L-β-homothreonine;O-benzyl-L-β-homotyrosine; γ-trityl-L-β-homoasparagine;(R)-β-phenylalanine; L-β-homoaspartic acid γ-t-butyl ester;L-β-homoglutamic acid δ-t-butyl ester; L-Nω-β-homoly sine;Nδ-trityl-L-β-homoglutamine;Nω-2,2,4,6,7-pentamethyl-dihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl-L-β-homoarginine;O-t-butyl-L-β-homohydroxy-proline; O-t-butyl-L-β-homoserine;O-t-butyl-L-β-homothreonine; O-t-butyl-L-β-homotyrosine;2-aminocyclopentane carboxylic acid; and 2-aminocyclohexane carboxylicacid.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of alanine,valine, glycine or leucine. Examples of amino acid analogs of alanine,valine, glycine, and leucine include, but are not limited to, thefollowing: α-methoxyglycine; α-allyl-L-alanine; α-aminoisobutyric acid;α-methyl-leucine; β-(1-naphthyl)-D-alanine; β-(1-naphthyl)-L-alanine;β-(2-naphthyl)-D-alanine; β-(2-naphthyl)-L-alanine;β-(2-pyridyl)-D-alanine; β-(2-pyridyl)-L-alanine;β-(2-thienyl)-D-alanine; β-(2-thienyl)-L-alanine;β-(3-benzothienyl)-D-alanine; β-(3-benzothienyl)-L-alanine;β-(3-pyridyl)-D-alanine; β-(3-pyridyl)-L-alanine;β-(4-pyridyl)-D-alanine; β-(4-pyridyl)-L-alanine; β-chloro-L-alanine;β-cyano-L-alanin; β-cyclohexyl-D-alanine; β-cyclohexyl-L-alanine;β-cyclopenten-1-yl-alanine; β-cyclopentyl-alanine;β-cyclopropyl-L-Ala-OH.dicyclohexylammonium salt; β-t-butyl-D-alanine;β-t-butyl-L-alanine; γ-aminobutyric acid; L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid;2,4-dinitro-phenylglycine; 2,5-dihydro-D-phenylglycine;2-amino-4,4,4-trifluorobutyric acid; 2-fluoro-phenylglycine;3-amino-4,4,4-trifluoro-butyric acid; 3-fluoro-valine;4,4,4-trifluoro-valine; 4,5-dehydro-L-leu-OH.dicyclohexylammonium salt;4-fluoro-D-phenylglycine; 4-fluoro-L-phenylglycine;4-hydroxy-D-phenylglycine; 5,5,5-trifluoro-leucine; 6-aminohexanoicacid; cyclopentyl-D-Gly-OH.dicyclohexylammonium salt;cyclopentyl-Gly-OH.dicyclohexylammonium salt; D-α,β-diaminopropionicacid; D-α-aminobutyric acid; D-α-t-butylglycine; D-(2-thienyl)glycine;D-β-thienyl)glycine; D-2-aminocaproic acid; D-2-indanylglycine;D-allylglycine-dicyclohexylammonium salt; D-cyclohexylglycine;D-norvaline; D-phenylglycine; β-aminobutyric acid; β-aminoisobutyricacid; (2-bromophenyl)glycine; (2-methoxyphenyl)glycine;(2-methylphenyl)glycine; (2-thiazoyl)glycine; (2-thienyl)glycine;2-amino-3-(dimethylamino)-propionic acid; L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid;L-α-aminobutyric acid; L-α-t-butylglycine; L-β-thienyl)glycine;L-2-amino-3-(dimethylamino)-propionic acid; L-2-aminocaproic aciddicyclohexyl-ammonium salt; L-2-indanylglycine;L-allylglycine.dicyclohexyl ammonium salt; L-cyclohexylglycine;L-phenylglycine; L-propargylglycine; L-norvaline;N-α-aminomethyl-L-alanine; D-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid;L-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid; β-cyclopropyl-L-alanine;(N-β-(2,4-dinitrophenyl))-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid;(N-β-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-D-α,β-diaminopropionicacid;(N-β-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-L-α,β-diaminopropionicacid; (N-β-4-methyltrityl)-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid;(N-β-allyloxycarbonyl)-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid;(N-γ-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-D-α,γ-diaminobutyricacid;(N-γ-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-L-α,γ-diaminobutyricacid; (N-γ-4-methyltrityl)-D-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid;(N-γ-4-methyltrityl)-L-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid;(N-γ-allyloxycarbonyl)-L-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid; D-α, γ-diaminobutyricacid; 4,5-dehydro-L-leucine; cyclopentyl-D-Gly-OH; cyclopentyl-Gly-OH;D-allylglycine; D-homocyclohexylalanine; L-1-pyrenylalanine;L-2-aminocaproic acid; L-allylglycine; L-homocyclohexylalanine; andN-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-Bzl)-Gly-OH.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of arginine orlysine. Examples of amino acid analogs of arginine and lysine include,but are not limited to, the following: citrulline;L-2-amino-3-guanidinopropionic acid; L-2-amino-3-ureidopropionic acid;L-citrulline; Lys(Me)₂-OH; Lys(N₃)—OH; Nδ-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-ornithine;Nω-nitro-D-arginine; Nω-nitro-L-arginine; α-methyl-ornithine;2,6-diaminoheptanedioic acid; L-ornithine;(Nδ-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-cyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-D-ornithine;(Nδ-1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-cyclohex-1-ylidene)ethyl)-L-ornithine;(Nδ-4-methyltrityl)-D-ornithine; (Nδ-4-methyltrityl)-L-ornithine;D-ornithine; L-ornithine; Arg(Me)(Pbf)-OH; Arg(Me)₂-OH (asymmetrical);Arg(Me)2-OH (symmetrical); Lys(ivDde)-OH; Lys(Me)₂-OH.HCl; Lys(Me3)-OHchloride; Nω-nitro-D-arginine; and Nω-nitro-L-arginine.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of aspartic orglutamic acids. Examples of amino acid analogs of aspartic and glutamicacids include, but are not limited to, the following:α-methyl-D-aspartic acid; α-methyl-glutamic acid; α-methyl-L-asparticacid; γ-methylene-glutamic acid; (N-γ-ethyl)-L-glutamine;[N-α-(4-aminobenzoyl)]-L-glutamic acid; 2,6-diaminopimelic acid;L-α-aminosuberic acid; D-2-aminoadipic acid; D-α-aminosuberic acid;α-aminopimelic acid; iminodiacetic acid; L-2-aminoadipic acid;threo-β-methyl-aspartic acid; γ-carboxy-D-glutamic acid γ,γ-di-t-butylester; γ-carboxy-L-glutamic acid γ,γ-di-t-butyl ester; Glu(OA11)-OH;L-Asu(OtBu)-OH; and pyroglutamic acid.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of cysteine andmethionine. Examples of amino acid analogs of cysteine and methionineinclude, but are not limited to, Cys(farnesyl)-OH, Cys(farnesyl)-OMe,α-methyl-methionine, Cys(2-hydroxyethyl)-OH, Cys(3-aminopropyl)-OH,2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid, buthionine, buthioninesulfoximine,ethionine, methionine methylsulfonium chloride, selenomethionine,cysteic acid, [2-(4-pyridyl)ethyl]-DL-penicillamine,[2-(4-pyridyl)ethyl]-L-cysteine, 4-methoxybenzyl-D-penicillamine,4-methoxybenzyl-L-penicillamine, 4-methylbenzyl-D-penicillamine,4-methylbenzyl-L-penicillamine, benzyl-D-cysteine, benzyl-L-cysteine,benzyl-DL-homocysteine, carbamoyl-L-cysteine, carboxyethyl-L-cysteine,carboxymethyl-L-cysteine, diphenylmethyl-L-cysteine, ethyl-L-cysteine,methyl-L-cysteine, t-butyl-D-cysteine, trityl-L-homocysteine,trityl-D-penicillamine, cystathionine, homocystine, L-homocystine,(2-aminoethyl)-L-cysteine, seleno-L-cystine, cystathionine,Cys(StBu)-OH, and acetamidomethyl-D-penicillamine.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of phenylalanineand tyrosine. Examples of amino acid analogs of phenylalanine andtyrosine include β-methyl-phenylalanine, β-hydroxyphenylalanine,α-methyl-3-methoxy-DL-phenylalanine, α-methyl-D-phenylalanine,α-methyl-L-phenylalanine, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylicacid, 2,4-dichloro-phenylalanine, 2-(trifluoromethyl)-D-phenylalanine,2-(trifluoromethyl)-L-phenylalanine, 2-bromo-D-phenylalanine,2-bromo-L-phenylalanine, 2-chloro-D-phenylalanine,2-chloro-L-phenylalanine, 2-cyano-D-phenylalanine,2-cyano-L-phenylalanine, 2-fluoro-D-phenylalanine,2-fluoro-L-phenylalanine, 2-methyl-D-phenylalanine,2-methyl-L-phenylalanine, 2-nitro-D-phenylalanine,2-nitro-L-phenylalanine, 2;4;5-trihydroxy-phenylalanine,3,4,5-trifluoro-D-phenylalanine, 3,4,5-trifluoro-L-phenylalanine,3,4-dichloro-D-phenylalanine, 3,4-dichloro-L-phenylalanine,3,4-difluoro-D-phenylalanine, 3,4-difluoro-L-phenylalanine,3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine, 3,4-dimethoxy-L-phenylalanine,3,5,3′-triiodo-L-thyronine, 3,5-diiodo-D-tyrosine,3,5-diiodo-L-tyrosine, 3,5-diiodo-L-thyronine,3-(trifluoromethyl)-D-phenylalanine,3-(trifluoromethyl)-L-phenylalanine, 3-amino-L-tyrosine,3-bromo-D-phenylalanine, 3-bromo-L-phenylalanine,3-chloro-D-phenylalanine, 3-chloro-L-phenylalanine, 3-chloro-L-tyrosine,3-cyano-D-phenylalanine, 3-cyano-L-phenylalanine,3-fluoro-D-phenylalanine, 3-fluoro-L-phenylalanine, 3-fluoro-tyrosine,3-iodo-D-phenylalanine, 3-iodo-L-phenylalanine, 3-iodo-L-tyrosine,3-methoxy-L-tyrosine, 3-methyl-D-phenylalanine,3-methyl-L-phenylalanine, 3-nitro-D-phenylalanine,3-nitro-L-phenylalanine, 3-nitro-L-tyrosine,4-(trifluoromethyl)-D-phenylalanine,4-(trifluoromethyl)-L-phenylalanine, 4-amino-D-phenylalanine,4-amino-L-phenylalanine, 4-benzoyl-D-phenylalanine,4-benzoyl-L-phenylalanine, 4-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino-L-phenylalanine,4-bromo-D-phenylalanine, 4-bromo-L-phenylalanine,4-chloro-D-phenylalanine, 4-chloro-L-phenylalanine,4-cyano-D-phenylalanine, 4-cyano-L-phenylalanine,4-fluoro-D-phenylalanine, 4-fluoro-L-phenylalanine,4-iodo-D-phenylalanine, 4-iodo-L-phenylalanine, homophenylalanine,thyroxine, 3,3-diphenylalanine, thyronine, ethyl-tyrosine, andmethyl-tyrosine.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of proline.Examples of amino acid analogs of proline include, but are not limitedto, 3,4-dehydro-proline, 4-fluoro-proline, cis-4-hydroxy-proline,thiazolidine-2-carboxylic acid, and trans-4-fluoro-proline.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of serine andthreonine. Examples of amino acid analogs of serine and threonineinclude, but are not limited to, 3-amino-2-hydroxy-5-methylhexanoicacid, 2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoic acid, 2-amino-3-ethoxybutanoicacid, 2-amino-3-methoxybutanoic acid,4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid, 2-amino-3-benzyloxypropionicacid, 2-amino-3-benzyloxypropionic acid, 2-amino-3-ethoxypropionic acid,4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid, and α-methylserine.

In some instances, amino acid analogs include analogs of tryptophan.Examples of amino acid analogs of tryptophan include, but are notlimited to, the following: α-methyl-tryptophan;β-(3-benzothienyl)-D-alanine; β-(3-benzothienyl)-L-alanine;1-methyl-tryptophan; 4-methyl-tryptophan; 5-benzyloxy-tryptophan;5-bromo-tryptophan; 5-chloro-tryptophan; 5-fluoro-tryptophan;5-hydroxy-tryptophan; 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan; 5-methoxy-tryptophan;5-methoxy-L-tryptophan; 5-methyl-tryptophan; 6-bromo-tryptophan;6-chloro-D-tryptophan; 6-chloro-tryptophan; 6-fluoro-tryptophan;6-methyl-tryptophan; 7-benzyloxy-tryptophan; 7-bromo-tryptophan;7-methyl-tryptophan; D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-norharman-3-carboxylic acid;6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronorharman-1-carboxylic acid;7-azatryptophan; L-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-norharman-3-carboxylic acid;5-methoxy-2-methyl-tryptophan; and 6-chloro-L-tryptophan.

In some instances, amino acid analogs are racemic. In some instances,the D isomer of the amino acid analog is used. In some cases, the Lisomer of the amino acid analog is used. In some instances, the aminoacid analog comprises chiral centers that are in the R or Sconfiguration. Sometimes, the amino group(s) of a β-amino acid analog issubstituted with a protecting group, e.g., tert-butyloxycarbonyl (BOCgroup), 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (FMOC), tosyl, and the like.Sometimes, the carboxylic acid functional group of a β-amino acid analogis protected, e.g., as its ester derivative. In some cases, the salt ofthe amino acid analog is used.

In some embodiments, nucleic acid molecules refer to at least twonucleotides covalently linked together. In some instances, a nucleicacid described herein contains phosphodiester bonds, although in somecases, as outlined below (for example in the construction of primers andprobes such as label probes), nucleic acid analogs are included thathave alternate backbones, comprising, for example, phosphoramide(Beaucage et al., Tetrahedron 49(10):1925 (1993) and references therein;Letsinger, J. Org. Chem. 35:3800 (1970); Sprinzl et al, Eur. J. Biochem,81:579 (1977); Letsinger et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 14:3487 (1986); Sawaiet al, Chem. Lett. 805 (1984), Letsinger et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc.110:4470 (1988); and Pauwels et al, Chemica Scripta 26:141 91986)),phosphorothioate (Mag et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 19:1437 (1991); andU.S. Pat. No. 5,644,048), phosphorodithioate (Briu et al., J. Am. Chem.Soc. 111:2321 (1989), O-methylphosphoroamidite linkages (see Eckstein,Oligonucleotides and Analogues: A Practical Approach, Oxford UniversityPress), and peptide nucleic acid (also referred to herein as “PNA”)backbones and linkages (see Egholm, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114:1895 (1992);Meier et al., Chem. Int, Ed, Engl. 31:1008 (1992); Nielsen, Nature.365:566 (1993); Carlsson et al., Nature 380:207 (1996), all of which areincorporated by reference). Other analog nucleic acids include thosewith bicyclic structures including locked nucleic acids (also referredto herein as “LNA”), Koshkin et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 12.0.13252 3(1998); positive backbones (Denpcy et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA92:6097 (1995); non-ionic backbones (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,386,023,5,637,684, 5,602,240, 5,216,141 and 4,469,863; Kiedrowshi et al., Angew.Chem. Intl. Ed. English 30:423 (1991); Letsinger et al., J. Am. Chem.Soc. 110:4470 (1988); Letsinger et al., Nucleoside & amp; Nucleotide13:1597 (1994); Chapters 2 and 3, ASC Symposium Series 580,“Carbohydrate Modifications in Antisense Research”, Ed. Y. S. Sanghuiand P. Dan Cook; Mesmaeker et al, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chem. Lett.4:395 (1994); Jeffs et al., J. Biomolecular NMR 34:17 (1994);Tetrahedron Lett. 37:743 (1996)) and non-ribose backbones, includingthose described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,235,033 and 5,034,506, and Chapters6 and 7, ASC Symposium Series 580, “Carbohydrate Modifications inAntisense Research”, Ed. Y. S. Sanghui and P. Dan Cook. Nucleic acidscontaining one or more carbocyclic sugars are also included within thedefinition of nucleic acids (see Jenkins et al., Chem. Soc. Rev. (1995)pp 169 176). Several nucleic acid analogs are described in Rawls, C & ENews Jun. 2, 1997 page 35. “Locked nucleic acids” are also includedwithin the definition of nucleic acid analogs. LNAs are a class ofnucleic acid analogues in which the ribose ring is “locked” by amethylene bridge connecting the 2′-O atom with the 4′-C atom. All ofthese references are hereby expressly incorporated by reference. In someinstances, these modifications of the ribose-phosphate backbone are doneto increase the stability and half-life of such molecules inphysiological environments. For example, PNA:DNA and LNA-DNA hybridsexhibit higher stability and thus are used in some embodiments. Thetarget nucleic acids are single stranded or double stranded, asspecified, or contain portions of both double stranded or singlestranded sequence. Depending on the application, the nucleic acids areDNA (including, e.g., genomic DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and cDNA), RNA(including, e.g., mRNA and rRNA) or a hybrid, where the nucleic acidcontains any combination of deoxyribo- and ribo-nucleotides, and anycombination of bases, including uracil, adenine, thymine, cytosine,guanine, inosine, xathanine hypoxathanine, isocytosine, isoguanine, etc.

High Throughput Method of Screening Utilizing Recombinant Proteins

In some instances, disclosed herein are methods of screening a drugutilizing recombinant lipid binding proteins. In some embodiments, themethod comprises (a) contacting a solution comprising a purifiedrecombinant lipid binding protein and a drug with a lipid probe, whereinthe lipid probe comprises a lipid and a fluorophore; and (b) detecting achange in fluorescence polarization relative to a control, wherein thechange in fluorescence polarization indicates an interaction between thedrug and the lipid binding protein. In some instances, the method is ahigh throughput method.

In some instances, the change in fluorescence polarization is anincrease in fluorescence polarization relative to a control. In someinstances, the change in fluorescence polarization is a decrease influorescence polarization relative to a control. In some instances, thedecrease in fluorescence polarization correlates to an interactionbetween the drug and the lipid binding protein. As used in this context,the control is the fluorescence polarization of a lipid probe in thepresence of a recombinant protein in the absence of a drug.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a bioactive lipid. In someinstances, the lipid probe comprises a fatty acyl, glycerolipid,glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, sterol lipid, prenol lipid,saccharolipid, or polyketide. In some instances, the lipid probecomprises a lipid from a member of the fatty acyls group. In someinstances, the fatty acyls comprise fatty acids, octadecanoids,eicosanoids, docosanoids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters,fatty amides, fatty nitriles, fatty ethers, or fatty acyl glycosides. Insome instances, the lipid is a fatty acid. In some instances, the lipidprobe comprises a sterol lipid. In some instances, the sterol lipidcomprises sterols, steroids, secosteroids, or bile acids. In some cases,the sterol comprises cholesterol, ergosterol, C24-propyl sterols, orstanol.

In some instances, the lipid probe further comprises a photoreactivegroup, such as azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines,diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones. In some instances, the photoreactivegroup further comprises a linker.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a fluorophore such asrhodamine, rhodol, fluorescein, thiofluorescein, aminofluorescein,carboxyfluorescein, chlorofluorescein, methylfluorescein,sulfofluorescein, aminorhodol, carboxyrhodol, chlororhodol,methylrhodol, sulforhodol, aminorhodamine, carboxyrhodamine,chlororhodamine, methylrhodamine, sulforhodamine, thiorhodamine,cyanine, indocarbocyanine, oxacarbocyanine, thiacarbocyanine,merocyanine, cyanine 2, cyanine 3, cyanine 3.5, cyanine 5, cyanine 5.5,cyanine 7, oxadiazole derivatives, pyridyloxazole, nitrobenzoxadiazole,benzoxadiazole, pyren derivatives, cascade blue, oxazine derivatives,Nile red, Nile blue, cresyl violet, oxazine 170, acridine derivatives,proflavin, acridine orange, acridine yellow, arylmethine derivatives,auramine, crystal violet, malachite green, tetrapyrrole derivatives,porphin, phtalocyanine, bilirubin 1-dimethylaminonaphthyl-5-sulfonate,1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate, 2-p-toluidinyl-6-naphthalenesulfonate, 3-phenyl-7-isocyanatocoumarin,N-(p-(2-benzoxazolyl)phenyl)maleimide, stilbenes, pyrenes, 6-FAM(Fluorescein), 6-FAM (NHS Ester), 5(6)-FAM, 5-FAM, Fluorescein dT,5-TAMRA-cadavarine, 2-aminoacridone, HEX, JOE (NHS Ester), MAX, TET,ROX, TAMRA, TAMRA™ (NHS Ester), TEX 615, ATTO™ 488, ATTO™ 532, ATTO™550, ATTO™ 565, ATTO™ Rho101, ATTO™ 590, ATTO™ 633, ATTO™ 647N, TYE™563, TYE™ 665, or TYE™ 705.

In some instances, the fluorophore is conjugated to the hydrophilicportion of the lipid probe. In some instances, the photoreactive groupand the fluorophore are conjugated to different sites of the lipidprobe.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a lipid selected fromarachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl, palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls anda fluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe comprises anarachidonoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore. In some instances, the lipidprobe comprises an arachidoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore. In someinstances, the lipid probe comprises an oleoyl fatty acyl and afluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a palmitoylfatty acyl and a fluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probecomprises a stearoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a lipid probe such as thosedescribed in Table 1 in which the lipid probe is conjugated to afluorophore.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises arachidonic acid and afluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe is2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate.

In some embodiments, a recombinant protein is constructed, expressed,and purified using methods well known in the art. In some instances, thevector is any suitable vectors derived from either a eukaryotic orprokaryotic sources. In some instances, vectors include bacteria (e.g.E. coli), insects, yeast (e.g. Pichia pastoris), or mammalian source.

In some instances, bacterial vectors include pACYC177, pASK75, pBADvector series, pBADM vector series, pET vector series, pETM vectorseries, pGEX vector series, pHAT, pHAT2, pMal-c2, pMal-p2, pQE vectorseries, pRSET A, pRSET B, pRSET C, pTrcHis2 series, pZA31-Luc,pZE21-MCS-1, pFLAG ATS, pFLAG CTS, pFLAG MAC, pFLAG Shift-12c,pTAC-MAT-1, pFLAG CTC, or pTAC-MAT-2. In some instances the vector ispET21 from E. coli. Insect vector may include pFastBacl, pFastBac DUAL,pFastBac ET, pFastBac HTa, pFastBac HTb, pFastBac HTc, pFastBac M30a,pFastBact M30b, pFastBac, M30c, pVL1392, pVL1393, pVL1393 M10, pVL1393M11, pVL1393 M12, FLAG vectors such as pPolh-FLAG1 or pPolh-MAT 2, orMAT vectors such as pPolh-MAT1, or pPolh-MAT2.

In some instances, yeast vectors include Gateway® pDEST™ 14 vector,Gateway® pDEST™ 15 vector, Gateway® pDEST™ 17 vector, Gateway® pDEST™ 24vector, Gateway® pYES-DEST52 vector, pBAD-DEST49 Gateway® destinationvector, pAO815 Pichia vector, pFLD1 Pichi pastoris vector, pGAPZA,B, & CPichia pastoris vector, pPIC3.5K Pichia vector, pPIC6 A, B, & C Pichiavector, pPIC9K Pichia vector, pTEF1/Zeo, pYES2 yeast vector, pYES2/CTyeast vector, pYES2/NT A, B, & C yeast vector, or pYES3/CT yeast vector.

In some instances, mammalian vectors include transient expressionvectors or stable expression vectors. In some cases, mammalian transientexpression vectors include p3xFLAG-CMV 8, pFLAG-Myc-CMV 19,pFLAG-Myc-CMV 23, pFLAG-CMV 2, pFLAG-CMV 6a,b,c, pFLAG-CMV 5.1,pFLAG-CMV 5a,b,c, p3xFLAG-CMV 7.1, pFLAG-CMV 20, p3xFLAG-Myc-CMV 24,pCMV-FLAG-MAT1, pCMV-FLAG-MAT2, pBICEP-CMV 3, or pBICEP-CMV 4. In someinstances, mammalian stable expression vector include pFLAG-CMV 3,p3xFLAG-CMV 9, p3xFLAG-CMV 13, pFLAG-Myc-CMV 21, p3xFLAG-Myc-CMV 25,pFLAG-CMV 4, p3xFLAG-CMV 10, p3xFLAG-CMV 14, pFLAG-Myc-CMV 22,p3xFLAG-Myc-CMV 26, pBICEP-CMV 1, or pBICEP-CMV 2.

In some instances, any suitable protein expression and purificationmethodologies are applicable for expression and purification of arecombinant protein described herein. In some instances, proteinpurification includes a purification tag, such as a HIS(6)-Tag, HA-tag,Myc-tag, V5-tag, FLAG-tag, maltose binding protein (MBP) tag, and thelike. In some instances, the purification utilizes affinitychromatographic methods, extraction methods, precipitation methods, andthe like.

In some instances, the lipid binding protein is an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.In some cases, the lipid binding protein is a protein encoded by a geneof Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a protein encodedby a gene of Table 5. In some instances, the lipid binding protein isnucleobindin-1 (NUCB1). NUCB1 is a small calcium-binding EF-hand proteinand participate in Golgi calcium homeostatis and Ca²⁺ regulated signaltransduction events. In some instances, NUCB1 serves as a repressor ofthe S1P-mediated ATF6 activation. TF6 is a bZIP transcription factorthat plays a major role in UPR transcriptional induction via binding tothe ER stress response elements in the promoter of target genes. In someinstances, the NUCB1 gene is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)stress-indicible gene.

Lipid Probe for Use in a High Throughput Screening Method UtilizingRecombinant Proteins

In some instances, also described herein is a lipid probe whichcomprises a lipid and a fluorophore wherein the lipid probe isconstructed for detecting a drug-lipid binding protein interaction. Asdescribed above, the lipid probe comprises a lipid such as a bioactivelipid (e.g. a fatty acyl). In some instances, the lipid probe furthercomprises a photoreactive group. In some instances, the lipid probecomprises a lipid selected from arachidonoyl, arachidoyl, oleoyl,palmitoyl, or stearoyl fatty acyls and a fluorophore. In some instances,the lipid probe comprises an arachidonoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore.In some instances, the lipid probe comprises an arachidoyl fatty acyland a fluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe comprises anoleoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probecomprises a palmitoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore. In some instances,the lipid probe comprises a stearoyl fatty acyl and a fluorophore.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises a lipid probe such as thosedescribed in Table 1 in which the lipid probe is conjugated to afluorophore.

In some instances, the lipid probe comprises arachidonic acid and afluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe is2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate.

In some instances, the lipid probe is a ligand for a lipid bindingprotein. In some instances, the lipid probe is a ligand to an enzyme, atransporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.In some instances, the lipid probe is a ligand to a protein encoded by agene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a proteinencoded by a gene of Table 5. In some instances, the lipid probe is aligand to nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1).

In some instances, also described herein is a lipid probe whichcomprises a lipid and a fluorophore wherein the lipid probe isconstructed for detecting a drug-nucleobindin-1 (NUCB1) interaction. Insome instances, the lipid probe comprises arachidonic acid and afluorophore. In some instances, the lipid probe is2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate.

NUCB1 Ligand

In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a NUCB1 ligand. In someinstances, the NUCB1 ligand is a compound of Formula (II), or apharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof:

-   -   wherein:    -   R¹ is H, halogen, —CN, —OH, C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄fluoroalkoxy,        —NO₂, —S—C₁-C₄alkyl, —S(═O)—C₁-C₄alkyl, or —S(═O)₂—C₁-C₄alkyl;    -   R² is H, halogen, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, or substituted or        unsubstituted phenyl, where if R² is substituted then R² is        substituted with 1 or 2 R⁵;        -   each R⁵ is independently selected from the group consisting            of H, halogen, —CN, —NO₂, —OH, —SR⁶, —S(═O)R⁶, —S(═O)₂R⁶,            —C(═O)R⁶, —CO₂H, —CO₂R⁶, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, —N(R⁶)₂, —C(═O)NH₂,            —C(═O)NHR⁶, —C(═O)N(R⁶)₂, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄fluoroalkyl,            C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄fluoroalkoxy, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl,            C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl, phenyl, and phenoxy;    -   R³ is H, or C₁-C₄alkyl;    -   R⁴ is hydrogen, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄alkoxy, —NHNH₂, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, or        —N(R⁶)₂;    -   each R⁶ is independently selected from the group consisting of        C₁-C₆alkyl, C₁-C₆fluoroalkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, a substituted or        unsubstituted phenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted benzyl;    -   or two R⁶ groups attached to the same N atom are taken together        with the N atom to which they are attached to form a        C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted with        C₁-C₄alkyl or C₃-C₆cycloalkyl.

In some instances, R¹ is H, C₁, —NO₂, or —S(═O)₂—CH₃; R³ is H, or —CH₃.

In some instances, R⁴ is —NHNH₂, —NH₂, —NHR⁶, or —N(R⁶)₂.

In some instances, the compound has the following structure of Formula(III):

In some instances,

-   -   each R⁶ is independently selected from the group consisting of        C₁-C₆alkyl, C₁-C₆fluoroalkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, or benzyl;    -   or two R⁶ groups attached to the same N atom are taken together        with the N atom to which they are attached to form a        C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted with        C₁-C₄alkyl or C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, wherein the C₂-C₆heterocycloalkyl        is pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl,        piperazinyl, aziridinyl, or azetidinyl.

In some embodiments, the NUCB1 ligand has a structure selected fromTable 2. Table 2

In some instances, further disclosed herein is a composition whichcomprises a compound such as a NUCB1 ligand or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt or solvate thereof, and an excipient.

In some instances, any suitable excipient is used. A summary ofpharmaceutical compositions described herein may be found, for example,in Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, Nineteenth Ed(Easton, Pa.: Mack Publishing Company, 1995); Hoover, John E.,Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa.1975; Liberman, H. A. and Lachman, L., Eds., Pharmaceutical DosageForms, Marcel Decker, New York, N.Y., 1980; and Pharmaceutical DosageForms and Drug Delivery Systems, Seventh Ed. (Lippincott Williams &Wilkins 1999).

In some instances, the composition further comprises of carriers,stabilizers, diluents, dispersing agents, suspending agents, and/orthickening agents.

A “carrier” or “carrier materials” include any commonly used excipientsin pharmaceutics and should be selected on the basis of compatibilitywith compounds disclosed herein, such as, compounds of ibrutinib, andthe release profile properties of the desired dosage form. Exemplarycarrier materials include, e.g., binders, suspending agents,disintegration agents, filling agents, surfactants, solubilizers,stabilizers, lubricants, wetting agents, diluents, and the like.“Pharmaceutically compatible carrier materials” include, but are notlimited to, acacia, gelatin, colloidal silicon dioxide, calciumglycerophosphate, calcium lactate, maltodextrin, glycerine, magnesiumsilicate, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), cholesterol, cholesterol esters,sodium caseinate, soy lecithin, taurocholic acid, phosphotidylcholine,sodium chloride, tricalcium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, celluloseand cellulose conjugates, sugars sodium stearoyl lactylate, carrageenan,monoglyceride, diglyceride, pregelatinized starch, and the like. See,e.g., Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, Nineteenth Ed(Easton, Pa.: Mack Publishing Company, 1995); Hoover, John E.,Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa.1975; Liberman, H. A. and Lachman, L., Eds., Pharmaceutical DosageForms, Marcel Decker, New York, N.Y., 1980; and Pharmaceutical DosageForms and Drug Delivery Systems, Seventh Ed. (Lippincott Williams &Wilkins1999).

“Dispersing agents,” and/or “viscosity modulating agents” includematerials that control the diffusion and homogeneity of a drug throughliquid media or a granulation method or blend method. In someembodiments, these agents also facilitate the effectiveness of a coatingor eroding matrix. Exemplary diffusion facilitators/dispersing agentsinclude, e.g., hydrophilic polymers, electrolytes, Tween® 60 or 80, PEG,polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP; commercially known as Plasdone®), and thecarbohydrate-based dispersing agents such as, for example, hydroxypropylcelluloses (e.g., HPC, HPC-SL, and HPC-L), hydroxypropylmethylcelluloses (e.g., HPMC K100, HPMC K4M, HPMC K15M, and HPMC K100M),carboxymethylcellulose sodium, methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose,hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate,hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate stearate (HPMCAS), noncrystallinecellulose, magnesium aluminum silicate, triethanolamine, polyvinylalcohol (PVA), vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer (S630),4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol polymer with ethylene oxide andformaldehyde (also known as tyloxapol), poloxamers (e.g., PluronicsF68®, F88®, and F108®, which are block copolymers of ethylene oxide andpropylene oxide); and poloxamines (e.g., Tetronic 908®, also known asPoloxamine 908®, which is a tetrafunctional block copolymer derived fromsequential addition of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide toethylenediamine (BASF Corporation, Parsippany, N.J.)),polyvinylpyrrolidone K 12, polyvinylpyrrolidone K17,polyvinylpyrrolidone K25, or polyvinylpyrrolidone K30,polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer (S-630), polyethyleneglycol, e.g., the polyethylene glycol has a molecular weight of about300 to about 6000, or about 3350 to about 4000, or about 7000 to about5400, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, polysorbate-80,sodium alginate, gums, such as, e.g., gum tragacanth and gum acacia,guar gum, xanthans, including xanthan gum, sugars, cellulosics, such as,e.g., sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, sodiumcarboxymethylcellulose, polysorbate-80, sodium alginate, polyethoxylatedsorbitan monolaurate, polyethoxylated sorbitan monolaurate, povidone,carbomers, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), alginates, chitosans andcombinations thereof. Plasticizers such as cellulose or triethylcellulose are also used as dispersing agents. Dispersing agentsparticularly useful in liposomal dispersions and self-emulsifyingdispersions are dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline, natural phosphatidylcholine from eggs, natural phosphatidyl glycerol from eggs, cholesteroland isopropyl myristate.

“Suspending agents” include compounds such as polyvinylpyrrolidone,e.g., polyvinylpyrrolidone K12, polyvinylpyrrolidone K17,polyvinylpyrrolidone K25, or polyvinylpyrrolidone K30, vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer (S630), polyethylene glycol, e.g.,the polyethylene glycol have a molecular weight of about 300 to about6000, or about 3350 to about 4000, or about 7000 to about 5400, sodiumcarboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose,hydroxymethylcellulose acetate stearate, polysorbate-80,hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium alginate, gums, such as, e.g., gumtragacanth and gum acacia, guar gum, xanthans, including xanthan gum,sugars, cellulosics, such as, e.g., sodium carboxymethylcellulose,methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose,hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, polysorbate-80,sodium alginate, polyethoxylated sorbitan monolaurate, polyethoxylatedsorbitan monolaurate, povidone and the like.

Thickening agent or viscosity enhancing agents include, e.g., methylcellulose, xanthan gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl celluloseacetate stearate, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose phthalate, carbomer,polyvinyl alcohol, alginates, acacia, chitosans and combinationsthereof.

In some instances, the composition further comprises one or more pHadjusting agents or buffering agents, including acids such as acetic,boric, citric, lactic, phosphoric and hydrochloric acids; bases such assodium hydroxide, sodium phosphate, sodium borate, sodium citrate,sodium acetate, sodium lactate and tris-hydroxymethylaminomethane; andbuffers such as citrate/dextrose, sodium bicarbonate and ammoniumchloride. Such acids, bases and buffers are included in an amountrequired to maintain pH of the composition in an acceptable range.

In some instances, the composition also includes one or more salts in anamount required to bring osmolality of the composition into anacceptable range. Such salts include those having sodium, potassium orammonium cations and chloride, citrate, ascorbate, borate, phosphate,bicarbonate, sulfate, thiosulfate or bisulfite anions; suitable saltsinclude sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium thiosulfate, sodiumbisulfite and ammonium sulfate.

In some instances, the composition is formulated for administration to amammal by intravenous administration, subcutaneous administration, oraladministration, inhalation, nasal administration, dermal administration,or ophthalmic administration.

In some instances, the composition is in the form of a tablet, a pill, acapsule, a liquid, a suspension, a gel, a dispersion, a solution, anemulsion, an ointment, or a lotion. In some instances, the compositionsdescribed herein are formulated into any suitable dosage form, includingbut not limited to, aqueous oral dispersions, liquids, gels, syrups,elixirs, slurries, suspensions and the like, for oral ingestion by anindividual to be treated, solid oral dosage forms, aerosols, controlledrelease formulations, fast melt formulations, effervescent formulations,lyophilized formulations, tablets, powders, pills, dragees, capsules,delayed release formulations, extended release formulations, pulsatilerelease formulations, multiparticulate formulations, and mixed immediaterelease and controlled release formulations. In some embodiments, thecompositions are formulated into capsules. In some embodiments, thecompositions are formulated into solutions (for example, for intravenous(IV) administration). In some instances, the dosage form furthercomprises acceptable additives such as a compatible carrier, binder,filling agent, suspending agent, flavoring agent, sweetening agent,disintegrating agent, dispersing agent, surfactant, lubricant, colorant,diluent, solubilizer, moistening agent, plasticizer, stabilizer,penetration enhancer, wetting agent, anti-foaming agent, antioxidant,preservative, or one or more combination thereof.

As used in the context of Formula II and Formula III, the terms below,as used herein, have the following meanings, unless indicated otherwise:

“Alkyl” refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain radical,having from one to twenty carbon atoms, and which is attached to therest of the molecule by a single bond. An alkyl comprising up to 10carbon atoms is referred to as a C₁-C₁₀ alkyl, likewise, for example, analkyl comprising up to 6 carbon atoms is a C1-C6 alkyl. Alkyls (andother moieties defined herein) comprising other numbers of carbon atomsare represented similarly. Alkyl groups include, but are not limited to,C₁-C₁₀ alkyl, C₁-C₉ alkyl, C₁-C₈ alkyl, C₁-C₇ alkyl, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₁-C₅alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₂ alkyl, C₂-C₈ alkyl, C₃-C₈ alkyland C₄-C₈ alkyl. Representative alkyl groups include, but are notlimited to, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl (i-propyl), n-butyl,i-butyl, s-butyl, n-pentyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl (t-butyl), 3-methylhexyl,2-methylhexyl, 1-ethyl-propyl, and the like. In some embodiments, thealkyl is methyl, ethyl, s-butyl, or 1-ethyl-propyl. Unless statedotherwise specifically in the specification, an alkyl group may beoptionally substituted as described below. “Alkylene” or “alkylenechain” refers to a straight or branched divalent hydrocarbon chainlinking the rest of the molecule to a radical group. In someembodiments, the alkylene is —CH₂—, —CH₂CH₂—, or —CH₂CH₂CH₂—. In someembodiments, the alkylene is —CH₂—. In some embodiments, the alkylene is—CH₂CH₂—. In some embodiments, the alkylene is —CH₂CH₂CH₂—.

“Alkoxy” refers to a radical of the formula —OR where R is an alkylradical as defined. Unless stated otherwise specifically in thespecification, an alkoxy group may be optionally substituted asdescribed below. Representative alkoxy groups include, but are notlimited to, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, pentoxy. In someembodiments, the alkoxy is methoxy. In some embodiments, the alkoxy isethoxy.

“Cycloalkyl” refers to a monocyclic or polycyclic non-aromatic radical,wherein each of the atoms forming the ring (i.e. skeletal atoms) is acarbon atom. Cycloalkyls may be saturated, or partially unsaturated.Cycloalkyls may be fused with an aromatic ring (in which case thecycloalkyl is bonded through a non-aromatic ring carbon atom).Cycloalkyl groups include groups having from 3 to 10 ring atoms.Representative cycloalkyls include, but are not limited to, cycloakylshaving from three to ten carbon atoms, from three to eight carbon atoms,from three to six carbon atoms, or from three to five carbon atoms.Monocyclic cyclcoalkyl radicals include, for example, cyclopropyl,cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, and cyclooctyl. Insome embodiments, the monocyclic cyclcoalkyl is cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl,cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl. Polycyclic radicals include, for example,adamantyl, norbornyl, decalinyl, and 3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one.Unless otherwise stated specifically in the specification, a cycloalkylgroup may be optionally substituted.

“Heterocycloalkyl” or “heterocyclyl” or “heterocyclic ring” refers to astable 3- to 14-membered non-aromatic ring radical comprising 2 to 13carbon atoms and from one to 6 heteroatoms selected from the groupconsisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Unless stated otherwisespecifically in the specification, the heterocycloalkyl radical may be amonocyclic, or bicyclic ring system, which may include fused (when fusedwith an aryl or a heteroaryl ring, the heterocycloalkyl is bondedthrough a non-aromatic ring atom) or bridged ring systems. The nitrogen,carbon or sulfur atoms in the heterocyclyl radical may be optionallyoxidized. The nitrogen atom may be optionally quaternized. Theheterocycloalkyl radical is partially or fully saturated. Examples ofsuch heterocycloalkyl radicals include, but are not limited to,dioxolanyl, thienyl[1,3]dithianyl, decahydroisoquinolyl, imidazolinyl,imidazolidinyl, isothiazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, morpholinyl,octahydroindolyl, octahydroisoindolyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl,2-oxopiperidinyl, 2-oxopyrrolidinyl, oxazolidinyl, piperidinyl,piperazinyl, 4-piperidonyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, quinuclidinyl,thiazolidinyl, tetrahydrofuryl, trithianyl, tetrahydropyranyl,thiomorpholinyl, thiamorpholinyl, 1-oxo-thiomorpholinyl,1,1-dioxo-thiomorpholinyl. In some embodiments the heterocycloalkyl ismorpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl, piperidinyl, or pyrrolidinyl. In someembodiments the heterocycloalkyl is morpholinyl. The termheterocycloalkyl also includes all ring forms of carbohydrates,including but not limited to monosaccharides, disaccharides andoligosaccharides. Unless otherwise noted, heterocycloalkyls have from 2to 10 carbons in the ring. In some embodiments, heterocycloalkyls havefrom 2 to 8 carbons in the ring. In some embodiments, heterocycloalkylshave from 2 to 8 carbons in the ring and 1 or 2 N atoms. It isunderstood that when referring to the number of carbon atoms in aheterocycloalkyl, the number of carbon atoms in the heterocycloalkyl isnot the same as the total number of atoms (including the heteroatoms)that make up the heterocycloalkyl (i.e. skeletal atoms of theheterocycloalkyl ring). Unless stated otherwise specifically in thespecification, a heterocycloalkyl group may be optionally substituted.

The term “optionally substituted” or “substituted” means that thereferenced group may be substituted with one or more additional group(s)individually and independently selected from alkyl, haloalkyl,cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, —OH, alkoxy, aryloxy,alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulfoxide, arylsulfoxide, alkylsulfone,arylsulfone, —CN, alkyne, C₁-C₆alkylalkyne, halogen, acyl, acyloxy,—CO₂H, —CO₂alkyl, nitro, and amino, including mono- and di-substitutedamino groups (e.g. —NH₂, —NHR, —N(R)₂), and the protected derivativesthereof. In some embodiments, optional substituents are independentlyselected from alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen, —CN, —NH₂,—NH(CH₃), —N(CH₃)₂, —OH, —CO₂H, and —CO₂alkyl. In some embodiments,optional substituents are independently selected from fluoro, chloro,bromo, iodo, —CH₃, —CH₂CH₃, —CF₃, —OCH₃, and —OCF₃. In some embodiments,substituted groups are substituted with one or two of the precedinggroups. In some embodiments, an optional substituent on an aliphaticcarbon atom (acyclic or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated carbon atoms,excluding aromatic carbon atoms) includes oxo (═O).

Kits and Articles of Manufacture

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are kits and articles ofmanufacture for use with one or more methods described herein. In someembodiments, described herein is a kit for identifying a lipid bindingprotein as a drug binding target. In some instances, also describedherein is a kit for mapping binding sites on a lipid binding protein. Insome cases, described herein is a kit for identifying lipid bindingproteins. In some embodiments, also described herein is a kit for a highthroughput screening of a drug for interaction with a lipid bindingprotein.

In some embodiments, such kit includes lipid probes such as the lipidprobes described herein, test compounds such as drugs and/or controls,and reagents suitable for carrying out one or more of the methodsdescribed herein. In some instances, the kit further comprises samples,such as a cell sample, and suitable solutions such as buffers or media.In some embodiments, the kit further comprises recombinant proteins foruse in one or more of the methods described herien. In some embodiments,additional components of the kit comprises a carrier, package, orcontainer that is compartmentalized to receive one or more containerssuch as vials, tubes, and the like, each of the container(s) comprisingone of the separate elements to be used in a method described herein.Suitable containers include, for example, bottles, vials, plates,syringes, and test tubes. In one embodiment, the containers are formedfrom a variety of materials such as glass or plastic.

The articles of manufacture provided herein contain packaging materials.Examples of pharmaceutical packaging materials include, but are notlimited to, bottles, tubes, bags, containers, and any packaging materialsuitable for a selected formulation and intended mode of use.

For example, the container(s) include lipid probes, test compounds, andone or more reagents for use in a method disclosed herein. Such kitsoptionally include an identifying description or label or instructionsrelating to its use in the methods described herein.

A kit typically includes labels listing contents and/or instructions foruse, and package inserts with instructions for use. A set ofinstructions will also typically be included.

In one embodiment, a label is on or associated with the container. Inone embodiment, a label is on a container when letters, numbers or othercharacters forming the label are attached, molded or etched into thecontainer itself; a label is associated with a container when it ispresent within a receptacle or carrier that also holds the container,e.g., as a package insert. In one embodiment, a label is used toindicate that the contents are to be used for a specific therapeuticapplication. The label also indicates directions for use of thecontents, such as in the methods described herein.

Services

The methods provided herein may also be performed as a service. In someinstances, a service provider obtain from the customer a plurality ofdrug candidates for analysis with one or more of the lipid probes forscreening. In some embodiments, the service provider screens the drugcandidates using one or more of the methods described herein, and thenprovide the results to the customer. In some instances, the serviceprovider provides the appropriate reagents to the customer for analysisutilizing one or more of the lipid probes and one or more of the methodsdescribed herein. In some cases, the customer performs one or more ofthe methods described herein and then provide the results to the serviceprovider for analysis. In some embodiments, the service provider thenanalyzes the results and provides the results to the costumer. In somecases, the customer further analyze the results by interacting withsoftware installed locally (at the customer's location) or remotely(e.g., on a server reachable through a network). Exemplary customersinclude pharmaceutical companies, clinical laboratories, physicians,patients, and the like. In some instances, a customer is any suitablecustomer or party with a need or desire to use the methods, systems,compositions, and kits described herein.

Digital Processing Device

In some embodiments, the methods described herein include a digitalprocessing device, or use of the same. In further embodiments, thedigital processing device includes one or more hardware centralprocessing units (CPU) that carry out the device's functions. In stillfurther embodiments, the digital processing device further comprises anoperating system configured to perform executable instructions. In someembodiments, the digital processing device is optionally connected to acomputer network. In further embodiments, the digital processing deviceis optionally connected to the Internet such that it accesses the WorldWide Web. In still further embodiments, the digital processing device isoptionally connected to a cloud computing infrastructure. In otherembodiments, the digital processing device is optionally connected to anintranet. In other embodiments, the digital processing device isoptionally connected to a data storage device.

In accordance with the description herein, suitable digital processingdevices include, but are not limited to, server computers, desktopcomputers, laptop computers, notebook computers, sub-notebook computers,netbook computers, netpad computers, set-top computers, media streamingdevices, handheld computers, Internet appliances, mobile smartphones,tablet computers, personal digital assistants, video game consoles, andvehicles. Suitable tablet computers include those with booklet, slate,or convertible configurations.

In some embodiments, the digital processing device includes an operatingsystem configured to perform executable instructions. The operatingsystem is, for example, software, including programs and data, whichmanages the device's hardware and provides services for execution ofapplications. Suitable server operating systems include, by way ofnon-limiting examples, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD®, Linux, Apple® Mac OS XServer®, Oracle® Solaris®, Windows Server®, and Novell® NetWare®.Suitable personal computer operating systems include, by way ofnon-limiting examples, Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® Mac OS X®, UNIX®, andUNIX-like operating systems such as GNU/Linux®. In some embodiments, theoperating system is provided by cloud computing. Suitable mobile smartphone operating systems include, by way of non-limiting examples, Nokia®Symbian® OS, Apple® iOS®, Research In Motion® BlackBerry OS®, Google®Android®, Microsoft® Windows Phone® OS, Microsoft® Windows Mobile® OS,Linux, and Palm® WebOS®. Suitable media streaming device operatingsystems include, by way of non-limiting examples, Apple TV®, Roku®,Boxee®, Google TV®, Google Chromecast®, Amazon Fire®, and Samsung®HomeSync®. Suitable video game console operating systems include, by wayof non-limiting examples, Sony® PS3®, Sony® PS4®, Microsoft® Xbox 360®,Microsoft Xbox One, Nintendo® Wii®, Nintendo® Wii U®, and Ouya®.

In some embodiments, the device includes a storage and/or memory device.The storage and/or memory device is one or more physical apparatusesused to store data or programs on a temporary or permanent basis. Insome embodiments, the device is volatile memory and requires power tomaintain stored information. In some embodiments, the device isnon-volatile memory and retains stored information when the digitalprocessing device is not powered. In further embodiments, thenon-volatile memory comprises flash memory. In some embodiments, thenon-volatile memory comprises dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Insome embodiments, the non-volatile memory comprises ferroelectric randomaccess memory (FRAM). In some embodiments, the non-volatile memorycomprises phase-change random access memory (PRAM). In otherembodiments, the device is a storage device including, by way ofnon-limiting examples, CD-ROMs, DVDs, flash memory devices, magneticdisk drives, magnetic tapes drives, optical disk drives, and cloudcomputing based storage. In further embodiments, the storage and/ormemory device is a combination of devices such as those disclosedherein.

In some embodiments, the digital processing device includes a display tosend visual information to a user. In some embodiments, the displayincludes a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), athin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), an organic lightemitting diode (OLED) display, a plasma display, a video projector, or acombination thereof.

In some embodiments, the digital processing device includes an inputdevice to receive information from a user. In some embodiments, theinput device is a keyboard. In some embodiments, the input device is apointing device including, by way of non-limiting examples, a mouse,trackball, track pad, joystick, game controller, or stylus. In someembodiments, the input device is a touch screen or a multi-touch screen.In other embodiments, the input device is a microphone to capture voiceor other sound input. In other embodiments, the input device is a videocamera or other sensor to capture motion or visual input. In furtherembodiments, the input device is a Kinect™, Leap Motion™, or the like.In still further embodiments, the input device is a combination ofdevices such as those disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein includeone or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded witha program including instructions executable by the operating system ofan optionally networked digital processing device. In furtherembodiments, a computer readable storage medium is a tangible componentof a digital processing device. In still further embodiments, a computerreadable storage medium is optionally removable from a digitalprocessing device. In some embodiments, a computer readable storagemedium includes, by way of non-limiting examples, CD-ROMs, DVDs, flashmemory devices, solid state memory, magnetic disk drives, magnetic tapedrives, optical disk drives, cloud computing systems and services, andthe like. In some cases, the program and instructions are permanently,substantially permanently, semi-permanently, or non-transitorily encodedon the media.

In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein include atleast one computer program, or use of the same. A computer programincludes a sequence of instructions, executable in the digitalprocessing device's CPU, written to perform a specified task. In someembodiments, computer readable instructions are implemented as programmodules, such as functions, objects, Application Programming Interfaces(APIs), data structures, and the like, that perform particular tasks orimplement particular abstract data types.

In some embodiments, the functionality of the computer readableinstructions are combined or distributed as desired in variousenvironments. In some embodiments, a computer program comprises onesequence of instructions. In some embodiments, a computer programcomprises a plurality of sequences of instructions. In some embodiments,a computer program is provided from one location. In other embodiments,a computer program is provided from a plurality of locations. In variousembodiments, a computer program includes one or more software modules.In various embodiments, a computer program includes, in part or inwhole, one or more web applications, one or more mobile applications,one or more standalone applications, one or more web browser plug-ins,extensions, add-ins, or add-ons, or combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, a computer program includes a web application. Aweb application, in various embodiments, utilizes one or more softwareframeworks and one or more database systems. In some embodiments, a webapplication is created upon a software framework such as Microsoft® .NETor Ruby on Rails (RoR). In some embodiments, a web application utilizesone or more database systems including, by way of non-limiting examples,relational, non-relational, object oriented, associative, and XMLdatabase systems. In further embodiments, suitable relational databasesystems include, by way of non-limiting examples, Microsoft® SQL Server,mySQL™, and Oracle®. A web application, in various embodiments, iswritten in one or more versions of one or more languages. In someembodiments, a web application is written in one or more markuplanguages, presentation definition languages, client-side scriptinglanguages, server-side coding languages, database query languages, orcombinations thereof. In some embodiments, a web application is writtento some extent in a markup language such as Hypertext Markup Language(HTML), Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), or eXtensibleMarkup Language (XML). In some embodiments, a web application is writtento some extent in a presentation definition language such as CascadingStyle Sheets (CSS). In some embodiments, a web application is written tosome extent in a client-side scripting language such as AsynchronousJavascript and XML (AJAX), Flash® Actionscript, Javascript, orSilverlight®. In some embodiments, a web application is written to someextent in a server-side coding language such as Active Server Pages(ASP), ColdFusion®, Perl, Java™, JavaServer Pages (JSP), HypertextPreprocessor (PHP), Python™, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, WebDNA®, or Groovy.In some embodiments, a web application is written to some extent in adatabase query language such as Structured Query Language (SQL). In someembodiments, a web application integrates enterprise server productssuch as IBM® Lotus Domino®. In some embodiments, a web applicationincludes a media player element. In various further embodiments, a mediaplayer element utilizes one or more of many suitable multimediatechnologies including, by way of non-limiting examples, Adobe® Flash®,HTML 5, Apple® QuickTime®, Microsoft® Silverlight®, Java™, and Unity®.

In some embodiments, a computer program includes a mobile applicationprovided to a mobile digital processing device. In some embodiments, themobile application is provided to a mobile digital processing device atthe time it is manufactured. In other embodiments, the mobileapplication is provided to a mobile digital processing device via thecomputer network described herein.

In view of the disclosure provided herein, a mobile application iscreated by techniques using hardware, languages, and developmentenvironments. Suitable programming languages include, by way ofnon-limiting examples, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Java™, Javascript,Pascal, Object Pascal, Python™, Ruby, VB.NET, WML, and XHTML/HTML withor without CSS, or combinations thereof.

Suitable mobile application development environments are available fromseveral sources. Commercially available development environmentsinclude, by way of non-limiting examples, AirplaySDK, alcheMo,Appcelerator®, Celsius, Bedrock, Flash Lite, .NET Compact Framework,Rhomobile, and WorkLight Mobile Platform. Other development environmentsare available without cost including, by way of non-limiting examples,Lazarus, MobiFlex, MoSync, and Phonegap. Also, mobile devicemanufacturers distribute software developer kits including, by way ofnon-limiting examples, iPhone and iPad (iOS) SDK, Android™ SDK,BlackBerry® SDK, BREW SDK, Palm® OS SDK, Symbian SDK, webOS SDK, andWindows® Mobile SDK.

In some embodiments, commercial forums for distribution of mobileapplications include, by way of non-limiting examples, Apple® App Store,Android™ Market, BlackBerry® App World, App Store for Palm devices, AppCatalog for webOS, Windows® Marketplace for Mobile, Ovi Store for Nokia®devices, Samsung® Apps, and Nintendo® DSi Shop.

In some embodiments, a computer program includes a standaloneapplication, which is a program that is run as an independent computerprocess, not an add-on to an existing process, e.g., not a plug-in. Insome instances, standalone applications are compiled. A compiler is acomputer program(s) that transforms source code written in a programminglanguage into binary object code such as assembly language or machinecode. Suitable compiled programming languages include, by way ofnon-limiting examples, C, C++, Objective-C, COBOL, Delphi, Eiffel,Java™, Lisp, Python™, Visual Basic, and VB .NET, or combinationsthereof. Compilation is often performed, at least in part, to create anexecutable program. In some embodiments, a computer program includes oneor more executable complied applications.

In some embodiments, the computer program includes a web browserplug-in. In computing, a plug-in is one or more software components thatadd specific functionality to a larger software application. Makers ofsoftware applications support plug-ins to enable third-party developersto create abilities which extend an application, to support easilyadding new features, and to reduce the size of an application. Whensupported, plug-ins enable customizing the functionality of a softwareapplication. For example, plug-ins are commonly used in web browsers toplay video, generate interactivity, scan for viruses, and displayparticular file types. In some instances, web browser plug-ins includeAdobe® Flash® Player, Microsoft® Silverlight®, and Apple® QuickTime®. Insome embodiments, the toolbar comprises one or more web browserextensions, add-ins, or add-ons. In some embodiments, the toolbarcomprises one or more explorer bars, tool bands, or desk bands.

In view of the disclosure provided herein, plug-in frameworks areavailable that enable development of plug-ins in various programminglanguages, including, by way of non-limiting examples, C++, Delphi,Java™, PHP, Python™, and VB .NET, or combinations thereof.

Web browsers (also called Internet browsers) are software applications,designed for use with network-connected digital processing devices, forretrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on theWorld Wide Web. Suitable web browsers include, by way of non-limitingexamples, Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Mozilla® Firefox®, Google®Chrome, Apple® Safari®, Opera Software® Opera®, and KDE Konqueror. Insome embodiments, the web browser is a mobile web browser. Mobile webbrowsers (also called mircrobrowsers, mini-browsers, and wirelessbrowsers) are designed for use on mobile digital processing devicesincluding, by way of non-limiting examples, handheld computers, tabletcomputers, netbook computers, subnotebook computers, smartphones, musicplayers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and handheld video gamesystems. Suitable mobile web browsers include, by way of non-limitingexamples, Google® Android® browser, RIM BlackBerry® Browser, Apple®Safari®, Palm® Blazer, Palm® WebOS® Browser, Mozilla® Firefox® formobile, Microsoft® Internet Explorer®Mobile, Amazon® Kindle® Basic Web,Nokia® Browser, Opera Software® Opera® Mobile, and Sony® PSP™ browser.

In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein includesoftware, server, and/or database modules, or use of the same. In viewof the disclosure provided herein, software modules are created andimplemented in a multitude of ways. In various embodiments, a softwaremodule comprises a file, a section of code, a programming object, aprogramming structure, or combinations thereof. In further variousembodiments, a software module comprises a plurality of files, aplurality of sections of code, a plurality of programming objects, aplurality of programming structures, or combinations thereof. In variousembodiments, the one or more software modules comprise, by way ofnon-limiting examples, a web application, a mobile application, and astandalone application. In some embodiments, software modules are in onecomputer program or application. In other embodiments, software modulesare in more than one computer program or application. In someembodiments, software modules are hosted on one machine. In otherembodiments, software modules are hosted on more than one machine. Infurther embodiments, software modules are hosted on cloud computingplatforms. In some embodiments, software modules are hosted on one ormore machines in one location. In other embodiments, software modulesare hosted on one or more machines in more than one location.

In some embodiments, the methods and systems disclosed herein includeone or more databases, or use of the same. In view of the disclosureprovided herein, databases are suitable for storage and retrieval ofanalytical information described elsewhere herein. In variousembodiments, suitable databases include, by way of non-limitingexamples, relational databases, non-relational databases, objectoriented databases, object databases, entity-relationship modeldatabases, associative databases, and XML databases. In someembodiments, a database is internet-based. In further embodiments, adatabase is web-based. In still further embodiments, a database is cloudcomputing-based. In other embodiments, a database is based on one ormore local computer storage devices.

Server

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are processed on aserver or a computer server (FIG. 2). In some embodiments, the server401 includes a central processing unit (CPU, also “processor”) 405 whichis a single core processor, a multi core processor, or plurality ofprocessors for parallel processing. In some embodiments, a processorused as part of a control assembly is a microprocessor. In someembodiments, the server 401 also includes memory 410 (e.g. random accessmemory, read-only memory, flash memory); electronic storage unit 415(e.g. hard disk); communications interface 420 (e.g. network adaptor)for communicating with one or more other systems; and peripheral devices425 which includes cache, other memory, data storage, and/or electronicdisplay adaptors. The memory 410, storage unit 415, interface 420, andperipheral devices 425 are in communication with the processor 405through a communications bus (solid lines), such as a motherboard. Insome embodiments, the storage unit 415 is a data storage unit forstoring data. The server 401 is operatively coupled to a computernetwork (“network”) 430 with the aid of the communications interface420. In some embodiments, a processor with the aid of additionalhardware is also operatively coupled to a network. In some embodiments,the network 430 is the Internet, an intranet and/or an extranet, anintranet and/or extranet that is in communication with the Internet, atelecommunication or data network. In some embodiments, the network 430with the aid of the server 401, implements a peer-to-peer network, whichenables devices coupled to the server 401 to behave as a client or aserver. In some embodiments, the server is capable of transmitting andreceiving computer-readable instructions (e.g., device/system operationprotocols or parameters) or data (e.g., sensor measurements, raw dataobtained from detecting metabolites, analysis of raw data obtained fromdetecting metabolites, interpretation of raw data obtained fromdetecting metabolites, etc.) via electronic signals transported throughthe network 430. Moreover, in some embodiments, a network is used, forexample, to transmit or receive data across an international border.

In some embodiments, the server 401 is in communication with one or moreoutput devices 435 such as a display or printer, and/or with one or moreinput devices 440 such as, for example, a keyboard, mouse, or joystick.In some embodiments, the display is a touch screen display, in whichcase it functions as both a display device and an input device. In someembodiments, different and/or additional input devices are present suchan enunciator, a speaker, or a microphone. In some embodiments, theserver uses any one of a variety of operating systems, such as forexample, any one of several versions of Windows®, or of MacOS®, or ofUnix®, or of Linux®.

In some embodiments, the storage unit 415 stores files or dataassociated with the operation of a device, systems or methods describedherein.

In some embodiments, the server communicates with one or more remotecomputer systems through the network 430. In some embodiments, the oneor more remote computer systems include, for example, personalcomputers, laptops, tablets, telephones, smart phones, or personaldigital assistants.

In some embodiments, a control assembly includes a single server 401. Inother situations, the system includes multiple servers in communicationwith one another through an intranet, extranet and/or the Internet.

In some embodiments, the server 401 is adapted to store device operationparameters, protocols, methods described herein, and other informationof potential relevance. In some embodiments, such information is storedon the storage unit 415 or the server 401 and such data are transmittedthrough a network.

EXAMPLES

These examples are provided for illustrative purposes only and not tolimit the scope of the claims provided herein.

Example I Materials

Internal standards for LC/MS analysis (AEA-d₄, PEA-d₄, AA-d₈, 2-AG-d₅,PGE₂-d₉, PGD₂-d₉, TXB₂-d₄, PGE₂-EA-d₄) were purchased from CaymanChemical Company. Lipid standards and competitors, including(+)-flurbiprofen, rofecoxib, avasimibe, FK-866 and Ro 48-8071 werepurchased from Cayman Chemical Company and used without furtherpurification. Lipid probes and NUCB1 ligands were synthesized accordingto methods outlined below.

Cell Culture

HEK293T and Neuro2a cells were maintained in high-glucose DMEMsupplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), penicillin (100U/mL), streptomycin (100 pg/mL) and Lglutamine (2 mM). A549 cells weregrown in RPMI-1640 (Mediatech) supplemented as above. All cell lineswere grown at 37° C. in a humidified 5% CO₂ atmosphere. For SILACexperiments, each cell line was passaged at least six times in eitherSILAC DMEM or SILAC RPMI-1640 (Thermo), which lack L-lysine andL-arginine, and supplemented with 10% (v/v) dialyzed FBS (Gemini), PSQ(as above), and either [¹³C₆, ¹⁵N₂]-L-lysine and [¹³C₆, ¹⁵N₄]-Larginine(Sigma) (100 μg/mL each) or L-lysine.HCl and L-arginine.HCl (Sigma) (100μg/mL each). Heavy and light cells were maintained in parallel and cellaliquots were frozen after six passages in SILAC media and stored inliquid N2 until needed. When thawed, cells were passaged at least threetimes before use in experiments.

Live Cell Labeling with Clickable Photoaffinity Probes

At ˜80-90% confluency, cells were trypsinized and counted using anautomated cell counter (Bio-Rad). For gel-based analysis, cells wereplated at a density of 2.5×10⁶ cells/6 cm plate and grown for 18-24 hbefore labeling. The indicated photoaffinity probe and, if applicable,competitors or vehicle were dissolved in fresh media (1.5 mL) in a glassvial and warmed to 37° C. in a water bath. For competition experiments,serum-free media was used, whereas for probe-probe comparisons, standardgrowth media containing 10% (v/v) FBS was used. The media from each 6 cmplate was then aspirated and the cells were washed with DPBS (2×3.0 mL)before adding media containing probes and/or competitors. In someinstances, media was either poured directly from the glass vials ontothe cells or transferred using a glass Pasteur pipette. Cells wereincubated at 37° C. for 30 min before the media was removed and thecells were either directly exposed to 365 nm light for 10 min at 4° C.(Stratagene, UV Stratalinker™ 1800 Crosslinker) or incubated at 4° C.for 10 min in ambient light (No UV control experiments).

For MS-based experiments, cell labeling was performed in a similarmanner as above. Modifications to this protocol included usingisotopically light and heavy SILAC cells and increasing the cell countto increase protein yield. Specifically, SILAC cells were plated at adensity of 4×10⁶ cells/10 cm plate and grown to near complete confluencyprior to labeling. Additionally, probe and, if applicable, vehicles orcompetitors were dissolved together in 4.0 mL of fresh, serum-free SILACmedia in glass vials. Isotopically light cells were labeled with thearachidinoyl probe (AEA-DA or A-DA) and irradiated with UV for 10 min at4° C. “Heavy” cells were subjected to variable conditions as specifiedin each experiment, including treatments with alternative lipid probes(OEA-DA, PEA-DA, O-DA or S-DA) or competitors.

Proteome Preparation for Gel- and MS-Based Analyses

Cells were then harvested by scraping in cold DPBS (1.5 mL) and cellpellets isolated by centrifugation (1,400×g, 3 min) and then washed byaddition of cold DPBS (1.0 mL), vortexing and re-centrifugation(1,400×g, 3 min). To the cell pellets was added cold DPBS (100-500 μL)and the cells were lysed by probe sonication using a Branson Sonifierprobe sonicator (10 pulses, 50% duty cycle, output setting=3). In someinstances, PMA-stimulated SILAC A549 cells were lysed in DPBS containingindomethacin (10 μM) to inhibit PTGS2 prior to mixing heavy and lightproteomes in order to prevent non-UV dependent covalent adduction ofthis enzyme. When analyzing soluble and membrane components separately,cell lysates were then centrifuged (100,000×g, 45 min) to provide thesoluble (supernatant) and membrane (pellet) fractions. For SILACexperiments, isotopically “heavy” and “light” cell lysates were mixed inequal proportions (2.0 mg of protein each) prior to fractionation.

For gel-based analysis, after sonicating the membrane pellets in coldDPBS, protein concentrations of each fraction were determined using theBCA protein assay (Bio-Rad) and a microplate reader (Tecan, InfiniteF500).

Gel-Based Analysis of Crosslinked Proteins

Proteomes were diluted to 1.0 mg/mL (total protein concentration) and 50μL of each proteome was transferred to separate wells in a 96-wellplate. To each proteome sample was added 6 μL of a freshly prepared“click” reagent mixture containing TBTA (3 μL/sample, 1.7 mM in 4:1DMSO:t-BuOH), CuSO4 (1.0 μL/sample, 50 mM in H₂O), TCEP (1.0 μL/sample,50 mM in DPBS and Rh-N3 (1.0 μL/sample, 1.25 mM in DMSO). Upon additionof the “click” mixture, each reaction was mixed by pipetting up-and-downseveral times and then allowed to react at room temperature. After 1 h,each reaction was quenched with 4×SDS loading buffer (17 μL), andproteins were resolved using SDS-PAGE (10% acrylamide 13 gel) andanalyzed by in-gel fluorescent scanning on a Hitachi FMBIO-II flatbedfluorescence scanner.

MS-Based Analysis of Crosslinked Proteins

Isotopically heavy and light proteomes from derived from probe labeledcells were mixed in equal proportions (1.0 mg each) and diluted to afinal volume of 1.0 mL with DPBS. A mixture of TBTA (60 μL/sample, 1.7mM in 4:1 DMSO:t-BuOH), CuSO4 (20 μL/sample, 50 mM in H₂O), TCEP (20μL/sample, 50 mM in DPBS and Biotin-N3 (10 μL/sample, 10 mM in DMSO) wasadded and the proteome was vortexed and placed on a rotator at roomtemperature. After 1 h, cold MeOH (2 mL), CHCl₃ (0.5 mL) and DPBS (1 mL)were added sequentially and the cloudy mixture was vortexed and thencentrifuged (5,000×g, 15 min, 4° C.). The organic and aqueous layerswere aspirated leaving a protein disc which had formed between phases.The protein disc was washed with cold 1:1 MeOH:CHCl₃ (3×1 mL) whileintact and then probe sonicated in cold 4:1 MeOH:CHCl₃ (2.5 mL).Insoluble proteins were pelleted via centrifugation (5,000×g, 15 min, 4°C.) and the supernatant was removed. The remaining pellet wasredissolved in a freshly prepared solution of urea (500 μL, 6 M inDPBS). When analyzing membrane proteomes, 10% (w/v) SDS (20 PL) wasadded and the solution was warmed to 37° C. to facilitate thedissolution of poorly soluble proteins. TCEP (50 μL, 100 mM in DBPS, pH7) was next added, and after the proteome solution was incubated for 30min at 37° C., iodoacetamide (70 μL, 400 mM in DPBS) was added. Afterincubating for an additional 30 min at room temperature, 10% (w/v) SDS(120 μL) was added followed by DPBS (5.5 mL) and then pre-washedstreptavidin beads (100 μL, 1:1, Pierce). Proteomes were rotated withthe beads for 1.5 h at room temperature and the beads were pelleted bycentrifugation (1,000×g, 2 min) and sequentially washed with 0.25% SDS(3×10 mL), DPBS (3×10 mL) and ddH₂O (3×10 mL). The beads weretransferred to a Protein LoBind tube (Eppendorf) and enriched proteinswere trypsinized by addition of urea (200 μL, 2.0 M in DPBS), CaCl2 (2.0μL, 100 mM in H₂O) and sequence grade porcine trypsin (Promega). Afterdigesting overnight at 37° C., the supernatant was transferred to aclean Protein LoBind tube, acidified with HCO₂H (16 μL) and stored at−20° C. until the analyzed by LC/LC-MS/MS.

Proteomic analysis by mass spectrometry and data analysis

Proteomic samples were analyzed using a Thermo Orbitrap Velos massspectrometer according to Weerapana et al., “Quantitative reactivityprofiling predicts functional cysteines in proteomes,” Nature468:790-795 (2010). Peptides from on-bead tryptic digests were pressureloaded onto a 250 μm (inner diameter) fused silica capillary columnpacked with 4 cm C18 resin (5 μm, Phenomenex). Peptides were then elutedonto a 100 μm (inner diameter) fused silica capillary column packed with3 cm strong cation exchange (SCX) resin followed by 10 cm C18 resin.Chromatographically separation of the peptide mixture was achieved usinga 5-step multidimensional LC-MS (MudPIT) according to Washburn et al.,“Large-scale analysis of the yeast proteome by multidimensional proteinidentification technology,” Nat Biotechnol 19:242-247 (2001) in whichWashburn et al. teaches of 0%, 25%, 50%, 80% and 100% salt bumps ofNH₄OAc (500 mM) salt bumps followed by an increasing gradient of CH₃CN(0.1% HCO₂H) in H₂O. Peptides were analyzed by a Thermo Orbitrap Velosmass spectrometer set in data-dependent acquisition mode where two MS1microscans [400-1800 mass to charge ratio (m/z)] were followed by 30data-dependent fragmentation (MS2) scans. Dynamic exclusion (repeatcount of 1, exclusion duration of 20 s) and monoisotopic precursorselection were enabled, whereas all other parameters were left atdefault values. MS2 spectra were extracted from raw data files using RAWXtractor and searched using the ProLuCID algorithm against mouse andhuman, reverse-concatenated non-redundant (gene-centric) FASTA databasesthat were assembled from the Uniprot database (www.uniprot.org). Theprecursor-ion mass tolerance was set to 50 ppm and the fragment-ion masstolerance was the default assignment of 0. Searches allowed foroxidation of methionine (+15.9949 m/z) as a variable modification andspecified static modification of cysteine residues (+57.0215 m/z;iodoacetamide alkylation). Datasets were independently searched withlight and heavy parameter files where light searches applied defaultmasses to each amino acid and heavy searches specified staticmodifications on lysine (+8.0142 m/z) and arginine (+10.0082 m/z).Matched MS2 spectra from ProLuCID searches were assembled by protein andfiltered using DTASelect (version 2.0.47) which allowed onlyhalf-tryptic or fully-tryptic peptides for identification andquantification. Peptides were restricted to a specified false positiverate of 1%. Redundant peptide identifications, if common betweenmultiple proteins, were allowed, as database entries were limited to asingle consensus splice variant. SILAC ratios were determined usingin-house software (CIMAGE) (Weerapana et al., 2010)]. Briefly, MS1 ionchromatograms (+10 ppm) from “light” and “heavy” target peptide masses(m/z) were generated using a retention time window (+10 min) centered atthe time the peptide ion was selected for MS/MS fragmentation, andsubsequently identified. The ratio of “light” and “heavy” peptide peakareas are then calculated. To ensure the correct peak-pair is used forquantification, CIMAGE applies a co-elution correlation score filter(R2>0.8) for “heavy” and “light” peptide peaks to exclude targetpeptides with bad co-elution profiles. Furthermore, an “envelopecorrelation score” filter is applied to ensure the experimentallyobserved high-resolution MS1 spectrum matches (R2>0.8) the predictedisotopic distribution. Peptides detected as singletons, where only theheavy or light isotopically labeled peptide was detected and sequenced,but which passed all other filters described above, were given astandard ratio of 20, which is the maximum SILAC ratio reported here.

Proteomics Data Filtering

SILAC results for identification of UV-dependent probe targets andcomparison of structurally related lipid probes in HEK293T and Neuro2arepresents data combined from 2-3 separate biological replicates. Thesoluble and membrane fractions from each biological replicate wereanalyzed separately to improve protein coverage. Median peptide SILACratios were then filtered to assure each protein ratio was derived fromthree or more unique and quantified peptides and that the combinedquantified peptide ratios possessed a standard deviation of less than10. SILAC ratios complying with these criteria were then averaged withratios acquired from replicates and the alternate fraction (membrane orsoluble) to provide a final value which is reported in Table 3(48054-701-101Table3.txt). If no replicate values were detected, theSILAC ratio from this single occurrence was included only if each targetwas also quantified in probe-versus-probe experiments according to theabove criteria. Data from instances where a target was identified in asingle replicate was included due to the analysis of probe-versus-No UVdata where a >90% confirmation was found in the UV-dependence (SILACratio ≥3.0) of targets identified across multiple replicates. In someinstances, a subpopulation of these singly quantified targets was alsoidentified in both cell lines (Neuro2a and HEK293T). See Table 6 for alist of individual peptide sequences.

UV-dependent lipid probe targets were defined as proteins that compliedwith the following criteria: 1) the protein was identified andquantified (according to the above criteria) in both probe-versus-probeand probe-versus-No UV datasets; 2) the protein exhibited a mean SILACratio of ≥3.0 in probe-versus-No UV experiments; 3) the proteinexhibited a mean SILAC ratio of <2.0 and >0.5 in probe-versus-probe.Only UV-dependent targets are shown in Table 3. For competitionexperiments, SILAC results were derived from 1-3 experiments. Onlyproteins that qualified as UV-dependent targets according to the abovecriteria were included in the analysis (see Table 4 and 5;48054-701-101Table4.txt, 48054-701-101Table5.txt). Furthermore, SILACratios for each competition experiment were only included if they werederived from two or more unique and quantified peptides.

Lipid Probe Target Meta-Analysis

Analyses of the final lipid probe target list as found in Table 3 andFIGS. 5 and 6 were conducted using the ID Mapping feature of UniProtDatabase (http://www.uniprot.org/uploadlists/) with the exception of theOMIM analysis which was performed using the DAVID BioinformaticsDatabase (http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/tools.jsp). Membrane proteinswere defined as proteins possessing known or predicted transmembranedomains (UniProt analysis), and the remaining targets were consideredsoluble. Statistical analysis of membrane and soluble targets for eachprobe were determined by combining No UV datasets from HEK293T (n=2) andNeuro2a (n=2) cell lines for AEA-DA and A-DA probes, and calculating thepercent of total probe-enriched targets (SILAC ratio ≥3.0) that possessor lack transmembrane domains (i.e. membrane or soluble, respectively).Data are presented as the mean percentage of total probe targets±SEM;n=4/group. **P<0.01 for AEA-DA versus A-DA probe targets.

Transient Protein Expression in HEK293T Cells

Full-length cDNAs encoding for the each protein of interest weresubcloned into pcDNA3.1 myc-His A (Invitrogen) or used directly fortransfections if available in a eukaryotic expression vector. HEK293Tcells were grown to ˜70% confluence under standard growth conditionsbefore adding the appropriate cDNA [control cells (“mock”) received anequal amount of empty pcDNA3.1 myc-His A vector] and FuGENE 6 orX-tremeGENE HP (Roche) transfection reagent according to themanufacturer's instructions. Cells were incubated for 36-48 hours beforelabeling in situ or harvesting for in vitro experiments.

Recombinant NUCB1 Expression and Purification

Human NUCB1 lacking the N-terminal signal sequence (M1-A26) wassubcloned into pET45b(+) vector (Novagen) using the following PCRprimers for amplification: 5′-CAT CAA TTG TGT GCC CCT GGA GAG AG-3′ and5′-AGC AAG CTT TAC AGA TGT TGG GGC ACC-3′. Following transformation ofEscherichia coli strain BL21 (DE3) with hNucblASSpET45b(+), a singlecolony was isolated and grown in Terrific Broth containing carbenicillin(100 mg/L) at 37° C. to an OD₆₀₀ of 0.8. Protein expression was inducedwith IPTG (1.0 mM) and the cells were incubated at 20° C. with shakingovernight. After centrifugation, cells pellets were resuspended in coldbuffer containing HEPES (0.05M), NaCl (0.03 M), imidazole (5.0 mM),DNase (0.1 mg/mL), MgCl2 (1.0 mM), CaCl2 (1.0 mM) and EDTA-free CompleteProtease Inhibitor Cocktail and lysed using a microfluidizer. Celllysates were centrifuged (8,000×g, 30 min, 4° C.) and the supernatantwas stirred with Talon cobalt affinity resin (0.4 mL/g cells) (Clontech)for 1 h at 4° C. The suspension was applied to a column and the retainedresin was washed with HEPES buffer containing 500 mM NaCl until theeluent was clean of DNA and protein (A280/260) and then with HEPESbuffer containing 10 mM imidazole (5 mL/1 mL resin). Protein was thenslowly eluted with HEPES buffer containing 50 mM imidazole in 1.0 mLfractions and the combined fractions containing hNUCB1 were passedthrough a Sephadex G-25M column to remove imidazole and concentrated inan Amicon centrifugal filter device (Millipore). These conditionsproduced hNUCB1 at approximately 10 mg/L of culture; however, severallower molecular weight fragments were also present in this preparation.hNUCB1 was further purified by size exclusion chromatography.

FluoPol Assay Optimization

FluoPol conditions were optimized by screening various concentrations ofFl-AEA, hNUCB1, CaCl₂ and Pluronic F-127 against positive and negativecontrols. Arachidonic acid (20 μM final) was used as a positive control,and DMSO as a negative. Additionally, protein-free controls were used tonormalize for background signal. Optimal conditions were selected basedon maximal probe competition, and were found to be: 1.0 μM hNucb1, 0.5μM F1-AEA, 20 μM CaCl₂, and 0.01% Pluronic F-127, using DPBS as a buffersystem. The Z′-factor for these conditions was determined to be 0.54,indicating a high signal to noise assay.

High Throughput Screen

A 10 μL solution of hNUCB1 (1 μM), Fl-AEA (0.5 μM), CaCl₂ (20 μM), andPluronic F-127 (0.01%) was added to a Greiner 384-well plate.Additionally, in some wells protein was omitted to serve as a blankcontrol for background signal. To the protein containing wells 16,000compounds (50 nL in DMSO, 2 mM) from the Maybridge Hitfinder librarywere added by a pin-tool robot. Additionally, on each plate to somewells arachidonic acid (20 μM final) or DMSO were added as positive andnegative controls to allow normalization between plates. The plates wereallowed to incubate for 5 minutes at room temperature, then fluorescencepolarization was measured by measuring fluorescence intensity throughpolarized 595 nm filters. Hits were selected based on maximal probecompetition.

In Vitro Gel-Based Competition Lipid Probes

Cell lysates (1.0 mg/mL), the indicated lipid probe (2.5 or 5 μM) and,for recombinant NUCB1 competition experiments, purified hNUCB1 (250 nM)and CaCl2 (100 μM) were mixed on ice. DMSO or competitors were thenadded to the proteome mixture (50 μM) in 96-well plates and each samplewas incubated for 15 min at 37° C. The samples were then irradiated withUV light and subjected to previously described click chemistryconditions. As before, each reaction was quenched with 4X SDS loadingbuffer (17 μL), and proteins were resolved using SDS-PAGE (10%acrylamide gel) and analyzed by in-gel fluorescent scanning on a HitachiFMBIO-II flatbed fluorescence scanner. NUCB1 competition wasquantitatively assessed by measuring the fluorescent intensity of thecorresponding gel band using ImageJ 1.48 v and normalizing this value bya non-competed gel band to control for loading differences. Becauseresidual, non-competitive NUCB1 labeling were observed at the highestconcentration of the tested NUCB1 ligands, the IC50's were determined bycalculating the percent of maximal competition (100 μM, MJN228) ratherthan percent of the background signal in lanes without recombinant NUCB1added.

Mapping Probe-Modified Peptides

Mapping Probe-Modified Peptides with Purified NUCB1:

To a solution of recombinant hNUCB1 (50 μL, 5.0 mg/mL) in DPBS and CaCl₂(100 μM) was added either DMSO or AEADA (50 μM final concentration).After incubating at 37° C. for 15 min, the mixture was irradiated withUV light for 10 min at 4° C. Standard reduction and alkylation stepswere omitted because of the absence of cysteine residues in hNUCB1.Thus, the probe crosslinked hNUCB1 solution was diluted with urea (150μL, 8.0 M in DPBS) and trypsinized by addition of sequence grade porcinetrypsin (5.0 μg, Promega) and incubation overnight at 37° C. The sampleswere then acidified with HCO₂H (16 μL) and a 10 μL aliquot was pressureloaded onto a 100 μm (inner diameter) fused silica capillary column witha 5 μm tip containing 10 cm C18 resin (5 μm, Phenomenex). Peptides wereeluted from the column using a 180 min gradient from 0% to 50% Buffer B(Buffer A: 5% acetonitrile, 95% water, 0.1% formic acid; Buffer B: 80%acetonitrile, 20% water, 0.1% formic acid) and analyzed on anLTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometer (ThermoFisher).

Mapping Probe-Modified Peptides in Cells:

Experiments were performed as described above using the AEA-DA probe(100 jM) in 3.0 mL of DMEM (serum-free) and Neuro2A cells without(twelve replicates; ten biological; two technical). For the ligandcompetition study, cells were treated with the AEA-DA probe (50 jM) andDMSO or MJN228 (50 μM) treatment. Cells were harvested and processed asdescribed above. Whole cell lysates (500 μL at 1.5 mg/mL) were processedfor MS analysis using the previously described isoTOPABPP protocol(Speers and Cravatt, 2005). In brief, for global mapping ofAEA-DA-modified peptides, proteomes were split into two fractions, whichwere subjected to click chemistry conditions with either light or heavyisotopically labeled TEV-tags. For the MJN288 competition study,proteomes were subjected to click chemistry conditions with either light(DMSO) or heavy (MJN228-treated) TEV-tags. Light and heavy-taggedproteomes in each experiment were then combined, and, followingenrichment of probe-labeled targets using streptavidin beads, proteinswere digested on-bead with trypsin and remaining immobilized peptidesreleased with a subsequent TEV protease digestion. The resultingprobe-modified peptides were collected for MS analysis, which wasperformed as described above with differences in the salt bumps appliedin the chromatographic gradients which were 0%, 30%, 60%, 90% and 100%NH4OAc (500 mM). The protein identification searches of the MS data wereperformed using the same software packages described above with thefollowing changes applied to identify the peptides modified with AEA-DAand the cleaved TEV tag. All amino acids were considered as possibleresidues for modification. To facilitate the computational searches,sets of up to 3 amino acids were searched using ProLuCID and filteredwith DTASelect as described above. The mass of the modification used tosearch for probe-modified peptides was +727.4745 m/z for the probe plusthe light TEV-tag and +733.4831 m/z for the heavy counterpart. TheisoTOP ratios for probe labeled peptides were quantified using thein-house software CIMAGE (Weerapana et al., 2010). For global mappingexperiments, AEA-DA-modified peptides were expected to show a ratioof“heavy” and “light” signals of ˜1.0 (0.5<ratio<2.0) and were requiredto have been detected in at least two of the twelve replicateexperiments. Proteins containing probe-modified peptides were furthercategorized as having: i) one principal probe-modified peptide (whereonly a single probe-modified peptide was identified for the protein orthe protein possessed a probe-modified peptide that was detected in atleast 75% of the experiments and no other probe-modified peptide thatwas detected in more than 33% of the experiments); ii) twoprobe-modified peptides; or iii) three or more probe-modified peptides.

Untargeted Metabolomics

Discovery metabolite profiling was performed as described by Saghatelianet al., “Assignment of endogenous substrates to enzymes by globalmetabolite profiling,” Biochemistry 43:14332-14339 (2004) with severalmodifications. Neuro2a cells were plated at a density of 4×10⁶ cells/10cm plate and grown for 18 h. In glass vials, solutions of vehicle ortest compounds were prepared in serum- and dye-free DMEM and warmed to37° C. in a water bath. The media from the cells was removed and cellswere washed with DPBS (2×5.0 mL) before adding freshly prepared mediasolutions containing vehicle or compound. After incubating for 6 h at37° C. and subsequent removal of the media, the cells were harvested byscrapping in cold DPBS (3 mL) and pelleted by centrifugation in glassvials. The pellets were washed once with cold DPBS (3 mL) and then coldCH₃Cl:MeOH (2:1) (3 mL) was added. After vortexing, the vials werecentrifuged (3,000×g, 10 min, 4° C.) and the bottom (organic) layer wastransferred to a new glass vial and concentrated under a stream of N₂.Samples were stored at −80° C. until the day of analysis when they werereconstituted in Mobile Phase A (100 μL, see below).

Lipid extracts were analyzed by LC/MS in both positive and negativemodes using an Agilent 6520 QTOF instrument and LC separation performedon a Kinetex reversed phase C₁₈ column (50×4.6 mm, 2.6 μm particle size,100A). Mobile phase A was composed of 5:1:4 isopropanol:methanol:waterand Mobile phase B was composed of 99:1 isopropanol:water. Both mobilephases also contained 0.1% AcOH and NH₄OAc (5 mM) to facilitateionization and LC separation. Following injection (20 μL), samples wereeluted with a constant flow rate (350 μL/min) using the followinggradient: Mobile Phase A (100%), 1-3 min; Mobile Phase B increasedlinearly to 20%, 3-5 min; Mobile Phase B increased linearly to 30%, 5-25min; Mobile Phase B increased linearly to 95%, 25-3 5 min Mobile Phase Bheld constant at 95%, 35-40 min. To minimize carryover, LC solvents werecycled between 100% Mobile Phase A and 100% Mobile Phase B over 5 minafter each run. Data analysis was performed using XCMS (Smith et al.,2006) software which is freely available online(https://xcmsonline.scripps.edu).

In Vitro Enzyme Activity Assays

FAAH activity was measured by AEA hydrolysis: The membrane fraction ofNeuro2a lysates (200 μL, 2.0 mg/mL) was incubated with DMSO or the testcompound (1.0-250 μM) at 37° C. After 15 min, AEA-ds (25 μM) was addedand the samples were incubated for an additional 30 min and thenquenched by the addition of two volumes of CHCl₃:MeOH (2:1) containingpentadecanoic acid (PDA) (1.0 nmol) as an internal standard. Aftercentrifuging (2,000×g, 5 min, 4° C.) to separate the organic and aqueouslayers, the lower organic layer was transferred to a clean vial andanalyzed by LC/MS as previously described. (Long et al., 2009) Purehumanized rat FAAH (Mileni et al., 2008) (5.0 ng/μL) was assayed in thesame manner. Product levels were quantified by determining peak areas inrelation to PDA.

PTGS2 activity was measured by MS-based analysis of AEA oxidation: humanrecombinant PTGS2 (Cayman) was reconstituted in DPBS (1:200) containingEDTA (5 mM), phenol (2 mM), and hemin (1 μM) at 0° C. An aliquot of thismixture (200 μL) was incubated with DMSO or the test compound (25 or 50μM) at 37° C. After 30 min, freshly purified AEA (25 μM) was added andthe samples were incubated for an additional 30 min and then quenched bythe addition of two volumes of CHCl₃:MeOH (2:1) containing PGE₂-EA-d₉(320 nmol respectively) as an internal standard. After centrifuging(3,000×g, 5 min, 4° C.) to separate the organic and aqueous layers, thelower organic layer was transferred to a clean vial and analyzed byLC/MS as previously described. MS analysis of prostamides was performedas described below. PGE₂-EA levels formed from AEA oxidation werequantified by determining peak areas in relation to PGE₂-d₉.

LC-MS Analysis of Lipids from Neuro2a Cells

Neuro2a cells were treated and lipids extracted as described above. Amixture of internal standards [AEA-d₄ (10 pmol), 2-AG-d₅ (100 pmol),AA-ds (100 pmol), PEA-d₄ (100 pmol), PDA (1.0 nmol)] was added to theorganic phase prior to extracting cells. NAEs, MAGs, AA and NATs wereanalyzed similarly to previously described methods (Saghatelian et al.,2004). The following MS parameters were used to measure the indicatedmetabolites by MRM (precursor ion, product ion, collision energy,polarity): NAE 20:4 (AEA) (348, 62, 12, positive), AEA-d₄ (352, 66, 12,positive), NAE 16:0 (PEA) (300, 62, 12, positive), PEA-d₄ (304, 62, 12,positive), NAE 18:0 (328, 62, 12, positive), NAE 18:1 (326, 62, 12,positive), NAE 18:2 (324, 62, 12, positive), 2-AG (379, 287, 8,positive), 2-AG-d₅ (384, 287, 8, positive), AA (303, 259, 4, negative),AA-d₈ (311, 267, 4, negative), NAT 20:4 (410, 80, 35, negative), NAT22:1 (444, 80, 35, negative), NAT 24:1 (472, 80, 35, negative), NAT 24:0(474, 80, 35, negative), NAT 26:0 (502, 80, 35, negative). The indicatedlipids were quantified by measuring the area under the peak relative toan internal standard (AEA-d₄ for AEA and NAE 18:2; PEA-d₄ for PEA, NAE18:1 and NAE 18:0; 2-AG-d₅ for 2-AG; AA-d₈ for AA and 20:4 NAT; PDA forall other NATs).

RNA Interference of NUCB1 in A549 Cells

Knockdown of NUCB1 in A549 cells was accomplished using short-hairpinRNA constructs (pLKO.1-puro vectors: Sigma-Aldrich) with the followingsequences: shNUCB1(1):5′-CCGGGAACACGAGAGACGGCGTTATCTCGAGATAACGCCGTCTCTCGTGTTCTTTTT G-3′;shNUCB1(2): 5′-CCGGCCCAATGTACAGGTGGATCATCTCGAGATGATCCACCTGTACATTGGGTTTTTG-3′. To generate lentivirus particles, HEK293T cells were cotransfectedwith the appropriate pLKO.1 vector along with VSVG and dVPR helpervectors using X-tremeGENE HP (Roche). After 36 h, media from thetransfected HEK293T cells was used to transduce A549 cells which weregrown for 4 days in media containing puromycin (1.0 μg/mL). Infectedcells were then expanded for metabolite analysis and confirmation ofknockdown by Western blot. Prior to extraction of lipids, old media wasremoved and replaced with serum-free RPMI and cells were incubated for 6h before harvesting. Lipids were extracted and measured as describedabove.

Oxidative Metabolism of AEA in A549 Cells

A549 cells were seeded in 6 cm plates at a density of 2.5×10⁶cells/plate, incubated for 12-18 h and then stimulated with PMA (10 nM)for 6 h. In glass vials, solutions of vehicle or compound were preparedin serum- and dye-free RPMI-1640 and warmed to 37° C. in a water bath.The media from the PMA-stimulated cells was removed and cells werewashed with DPBS (2×3 mL) before adding freshly prepared media solutionscontaining vehicle or compound (2 mL/plate). After incubating for 30 minat 37° C., a solution of BHT-stabilized AEA (60 μM AEA; 60 μM BHT) inthe same media was added to the cells (1.0 mL/plate) and incubated for 1h. The media from the cells was then transferred to glass vialscontaining MS internal standards [PGE₂-EA-d₄ (25 pmol)], centrifuged(1,500×g, 5 min) to remove detached cells and then loaded ontopre-equilibrated reversed phase SPE cartridges (Phenomenex, Strata-X 33μm, 60 mg/3 mL). After washing cartridges with 5% MeOH/H₂O (3 mL),prostamides were eluted with MeOH (1.0 mL) and the eluent wasconcentrated under a stream of N₂. Concentrated samples were stored at−80° C. until the day of analysis when they were reconstituted in MobilePhase A [100 μL, 30% CH₃CN in H₂O (0.1% AcOH, 5.0 mM NH₄OAc)].

Media extracts were analyzed by LC/MS/MS with LC separation performed ona Kinetex reversed phase C18 column (50×4.6 mm, 2.6 μm particle size,100A). Mobile phase A was composed of 30% (v/v) CH₃CN in H₂O and Mobilephase B was composed of 50% (v/v) CH₃CN in i-PrOH. Both mobile phasesalso contained 0.1% AcOH and NH₄OAc (5 mM) to facilitate ionization andLC separation. Following injection (20 μL), samples were eluted with aconstant flow rate (350 μL/min) using the following gradient: MobilePhase A (100%), 1-3 min; Mobile Phase B increased linearly to 20%, 3-5min; Mobile Phase B increased linearly to 50%, 5-7 min; Mobile Phase Bheld constant at 50%, 7-8 min; Mobile Phase B increased linearly to 75%,8-9 min; Mobile Phase B held constant at 75%, 9-11 min; Mobile Phase Bincreased linearly to 100%, 11-12 min; Mobile Phase B held constant at100%, 12-15 min. To minimize carryover, LC solvents were cycled between100% Mobile Phase A and 100% Mobile Phase B over 5 min after each run.

MS analysis of prostamides was performed on an Agilent 6460 TripleQuadrupole LC/MS System with operating conditions as follows: gastemperature (300° C.); gas flow (9 L·min⁻¹); nebulizer (45 psi); sheathgas temperature (300° C.); sheath gas flow (12 L·min⁻¹); positive andnegative capillary voltage (3.5 kV). Analysis was achieved usingmultiple reaction monitoring with precursor to product ion transitions,optimized collision energies (CE) as listed below and prostamidequantification was achieved by normalized of analyte peaks relative to adeuterated prostamide internal standard (PGE₂-EA-d₄) to account fordifferences in extraction efficiency. The following MS parameters wereused to measure the indicated metabolites by MRM (precursor ion, production, collision energy, polarity): PGF2a-EA (380, 344, 4, positive),PGE₂-EA-d₄ (382, 66, 25, positive), PGE₂-EA (378, 62, 25, positive). Anon-deuterated PGF₂α-EA standard (Cayman) was used to confirm theretention time and fragmentation of PGF₂α-EA generated by A549 cells.

Determination of Prostaglandin Production in A549 Cells

A549 cells were seeded in 6 cm plates at a density of 4×10⁶ cells/plate,incubated for 12-18 h to allow cells to adhere. In glass vials,solutions of vehicle (DMSO) or compound (10 μM each) were prepared inserum- and dye-free RPMI-1640 and warmed to 37° C. in a water bath. Theold media was removed from each plate and cells were washed with DPBS(2×3 mL) before adding freshly prepared media solutions containingvehicle or compound (3 mL/plate). After incubating for 30 min at 37° C.,cells were then stimulated with PMA (10 nM) for 8 h. The media from thecells was then transferred to glass vials containing MS internalstandards [PGE2-d₉ (10 pmol), PGD₂-d₉ (10 pmol) and TXB₂-d₄ (10 pmol)],centrifuged (1,500×g, 5 min) to remove detached cells and then loadedonto preequilibrated reversed phase SPE cartridges (Phenomenex, Strata-X33 μm, 60 mg/3 mL). After washing cartridges with 5% MeOH/H2O (3 mL),analytes were eluted with MeOH (1.0 mL) and the eluent was concentratedunder a stream of N2. Concentrated samples were stored at −80° C. untilthe day of analysis when they were reconstituted in Mobile Phase A [100μL, 30% CH₃CN in H₂O (0.1% AcOH)]. Media extracts were analyzed byLC/MS/MS with LC separation performed on a Kinetex reversed phase C18column (50×4.6 mm, 2.6 μm particle size, 100 Å). Mobile phase gradientswere identical to those described above for prostamide analysis and thecomposition Mobile phases A and B differed only by lacking NH₄OAc (5mM). The following MS parameters were used to measure the indicatedmetabolites by MRM (precursor ion, product ion, collision energy,polarity): PGE2 (351, 271, 12, negative), PGE₂-d₉ (360, 280, 12,negative), TXB₂ (369, 169, 6, negative), TXB₂-d₄ (373, 173, 6,negative). PGE2 and TXB₂ levels were quantified by determining peakareas in relation to their deuterated internal standard.

Statistical Analysis

Metabolite data are shown as mean±SEM (n=3-5/group). Differences betweentwo groups were determined using Student's t test (unpaired, two-tailed)and significance was denoted for P values <0.05. IC50 values for NENFand NUCB1 ligands were determined using GraphPad Prism software tocalculate 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Chemical Proteomic Probes for Mapping Lipid-Protein Interactions

In some embodiments, chemical proteomic probes described herein offer atool to globally map the cellular targets of both natural and unnaturalsmall molecules in native biological systems. In some instances, a proberelies on innate chemical reactivity with protein residues. In otherinstances, a probe exploits binding affinity and light-inducedcrosslinking reactions to capture a protein. In some embodiments, thelatter group typically possesses: (i) a photoreactive element thatconverts reversible small molecule-protein interactions into stable,covalent adducts upon ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation; (ii) analkyne, which serves as a sterically minimized surrogate reporterallowing late-stage conjugation to azide tags by copper-catalyzedazide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC or “click”) chemistry; and (iii) abinding element that directs the probe towards proteins that recognizeparticular structural features. In some instances, a set of lipid probesare prepared for identifying proteins that interact with fattyacid-derived lipids in cells. In some embodiments, a set of probes areprepared that contain a diazirine photoreactive group, an alkyne handle,and lipids, such as for example, arachidonic (C20:4), oleic (C18:1),palmitic (C16:0), and stearic (C18:0) (FIG. 3A).

In some instances, within the arachidonoyl subset of probes, fatty acid-and fatty acid amide-based probes (AA-DA and AEA-DA, respectively) weresynthesized and their potential were evaluated to bind and covalentlymodify (under UV-light exposure) proteins in human cells by gel-basedprofiling. For example, HEK293T cells were treated with probe (AA-DA orAEA-DA; 20 μM, 30 min), irradiated with UV light (10 min, 4° C.), lysedand the cell proteomes fractionated into membrane and soluble componentsby centrifugation prior to conjugation to a fluorescent reporter tag(Rh-N3) using CuAAC (FIG. 4A). Analysis of probe targets by SDS-PAGE andin-gel fluorescence scanning revealed distinct protein labeling profilesfor each probe (FIG. 4B). The AA-DA probe showed almost exclusivelabeling of membrane proteins. In some instances, this was a consequenceof rapid sequestration of this probe into membranes through itsmetabolic incorporation into phospho/neutral-lipids or into lipidatedproteins. The AEA-DA probe showed substantial labeling of both solubleand membrane proteins in HEK293T cells (FIG. 4B). In some instances, thelabeling profile of the AEA-DA probe reflected a limited capacity of thecell to metabolize this amidated probe, which undergoes enzyme-mediatedhydrolysis prior to incorporation into other lipids or proteins. In someinstances, the fatty acid amide probes were selected for chemicalproteomic mapping of lipid-binding proteins in cells.

A set of lipid probes that featured intact acyl chains and adiazirineamide head group (A-DA; O-DA, S-DA; FIG. 3A) was also prepared.In some instances, the diazirine group was positioned at differentlocations (e.g. acyl chain and head group). In some instances, thediffering positions of the diazirine group provide wider range ofinteraction with lipid binding proteins. In some instances, the AEA-DAand A-DA probes showed overlapping, but distinct protein labelingprofiles in HEK293T cells (FIG. 3B). The protein-labeling events forboth probes were UV light-dependent, and in some instances, reflectreversible binding interactions between the probes and cellular proteins(FIG. 3C). The polyunsaturated arachidonoyl probes (AEA-DA and A-DA)also showed a more extensive proteomic labeling profiles compared to themonounsaturated (OEA-DA, O-DA) or saturated (PEA-DA, S-DA) lipid probes(FIG. 3D and FIG. 4C).

Landscape of Lipid-Binding Proteins in Cells

The protein targets of the AEA-DA and A-DA probes were identified usingstable-isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) andliquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Isotopically“light” cells served as a static control for each experiment and weretreated with either AEA-DA or A-DA (20 μM, 30 min) before UV irradiation(FIG. 5A). Isotopically “heavy” cells served as comparison groups andwere treated with: (i) the same conditions as the “light” cells(probe-versus-probe control); (ii) the same probe as the “light” cells,but not crosslinked with UV light (probe-versus-No UV); or (iii) thecorresponding oleoyl (18:1, OEA-DA or O-DA) or fully-saturated (C16:0,PEA-DA; C18:0, S-DA) probes. Performing these SILAC experiments in botha human (HEK293T) and mouse (Neuro2a) cell line provided an extensiveinventory of lipid probe targets-defined as proteins with at least threeunique quantifiable peptides that were labeled by either A-DA or AEA-DAin a UV-dependent manner (SILAC ratio ≥3.0 in probe versus-No UVexperiments) and not enriched in probe-versus-probe control experiments(SILAC ratio <2.0) (FIG. 6A and FIG. 5B).

In some instances, more than 1000 proteins were enriched from HEK293Tand Neuro2a cells by the A-DA and AEA-DA probes. In some cases, a set ofprobe-specific targets were identified for both AEA-DA and A-DA (442 and317, respectively; FIG. 6B). In some instances, the AEA-DA and A-DAprobes target both soluble and membrane proteins, (FIG. 6C), whichcorrespond to an enrichment of these protein targets incytoplasmic/nuclear and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) compartments (FIG.6D). In some embodiments, these differences reflect the lipophilicity(i.e., cLogP) of the A-DA probe, promoting its localization inmembranes.

In some embodiments, categorizing the lipid probe targets in relation totheir functions in biological pathways reveal enrichment of proteinsinvolved in various membrane biology processes, including proteintransport, lipid metabolism, and host-virus interactions (FIG. 6E).

Analysis of the probe targets through the Online Mendelian Inheritancein Man (OMIM) database revealed links to numerous diseases, includingmetabolic disorders, cancer, and cardiovascular and neurological disease(FIG. 5C). Proteins from different functional classes were enriched bythe lipid probes (FIG. 6F). In some instances, protein targets includeenzymes and lipid carriers involved at almost every node of fatty aciduptake (SCARB1), transport (SLC25A20), biosynthesis (FASN, PNPLA2) andcatabolism (ACADs, HADHA) (FIG. 6G). Additional targets includearachidonoyl lipid carrier proteins (e.g., FABP5) and metabolizingenzymes (e.g., PTGS1 or COX1). In some instances, targets includeproteins without prior links to lipid biology (Table 3). In someinstances, the LC-MS analysis of the lipid probe set is consistent withthe gel profiles displayed by these probes. In some instances, morelipid probe targets interact with the AEA-DA and A-DA probes compared toeither monounsaturated (OEA-DA, O-DA) or saturated (PEA-DA, S-DA) probes(FIG. 6H, 5D, 5E, and Table 3).

Validation and Characterization of Lipid Probe-Protein Interactions

Six probe targets were selected, including both novel (e.g., NUCB1,NENF) and known (e.g., PTGR2) lipid-interacting proteins for furtherinteraction studies with the AEA-DA and PEA-DA probes (FIGS. 7A and 7B).In situ probe treatment of HEK293T cells expressing Myc-tagged proteinsshowed protein-lipid interaction (FIG. 7C). NUCB1, NENF, and ZADH2 allshowed labeling by the AEA-DA versus PEA-DA probe, while ALDH1B 1, VAT1,and PTGR2 exhibited similar extents of interaction with each probe, andin some instances, matching the lipid interaction profiles observed forendogenous forms of these proteins (compare FIGS. 7B and 7C).

NENF, also called neudesin, is a secreted protein from the cytochromeb5-like heme/steroid-binding family that promotes the survival ofneurons (Kimura et al., 2008). NENF has been shown to bind hemin andprotoporphyrin IX (Pp-IX) and these interactions promote neurotrophicactivity. In some instances, hemin and protoporphyrin IX (Pp-IX)inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the labeling ofrecombinant NENF by the AEA-DA probe (FIG. 7D), and the hemin-NENFinteraction (IC50=2 μM), in some cases, is selective (FIG. 8B). AA andAEA, but not 2-AG, competitively blocked AEADA probe labeling of NENF(FIG. 7D).

The nucleobindin proteins NUCB1 and NUCB2, in some cases, are not knownto bind small-molecule ligands. However, in some instances, NUCB1 hasbeen shown to interact with the prostaglandin biosynthetic enzymes PTGS1 and PTGS2 enzymes and enhance PTGS2-mediated prostaglandin synthesisin vitro. In some instances, AEA-DA probe labeling of recombinant NUCB1was blocked by arachidonoyl lipids (AEA, AA and 2-AG) oversaturated/shorter chain analogs [OEA, PEA, oleamide (ONH2)] andprostaglandins (FIG. 7E). Nucleobindins feature two EF-hand domains thatundergo conformational change upon binding to calcium (de Alba andTjandra, 2004). Using both purified, recombinant NUCB1 (FIG. 7F) andNUCB1-transfected HEK293T cell lysates (FIG. 8C), it was found thatCaCl₂ (100 μM) selectively increased AEA-DA probe-labeling of NUCB1,whereas EDTA appeared to reduce this interaction.

In Situ Drug Profiling with Lipid Probes

The lipid-interaction proteome was substantially enriched in known drugtargets (˜25%, or 280 proteins; FIG. 9A and Table 4) compared to thetotal fraction of the human proteome represented in the Drugbankdatabase (˜12%). The fraction of DrugBank proteins present amongmembrane and soluble probe targets were similar (FIG. 10A; 18% and 29%,respectively) and included proteins from multiple functional classes,such as enzymes (e.g., LSS, PTGS1, SOAT1), transporters (e.g., ABCB1,ATP4A, VDAC1-3), and receptors (e.g., SCARB1, PGRMC1). The remaininglipid-probe targets not found in DrugBank corresponded to additionalproteins that are considered “ligandable” (e.g. enzymes, receptors,etc.), and proteins not predicted to interact with small molecules basedon either their ascribed biochemical activities or lack of functionalcharacterization (FIG. 9A and Table 4). In some instances, thesefindings suggested that the lipid probes exhibit a preferential capacityto interact with known drug-binding proteins in cells and, by extension,might facilitate the discovery of many additional proteins with thepotential to bind small-molecule ligands. In some instances, for bothknown and newly identified ligandable proteins, the lipid probes providea method to determine drug target engagement and the selectivity ofthese interactions in cells.

In some instances, the prostaglandin biosynthetic enzymes PTGS 1 andPTGS2 were selected for interaction with dual PTGS 1/PTGS2 and selectivePTGS2 inhibitors. PTGS 1 was detected as a lipid probe target in Neuro2Acells (FIG. 10B), but PTGS2 was not enriched from this cell line or fromHEK293T cells. In some instances, drug interactions with PTGS2 wascarried out in phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA)-stimulated A549cells (FIGS. 10C and 10D). Drug-competition profiles were generated withthe lipid probes by co-treating heavy and light cells with the A DAprobe (5 μM) and either DMSO (light) or drug competitor (25 μM; heavy)for 30 min (FIG. 9B). The cells were then irradiated with UV light,harvested and lysed, whereupon the heavy and light proteomes were mixedin equal proportions. Following CuAAC conjugation with biotin-N3,streptavidin enrichment, and on-bead tryptic digestion, probe-labeledproteins were analyzed by LC/LC-MS/MS. Drug-competed proteins weredefined as those showing a substantial (≥3-fold) reduction in signal indrug-treated (heavy) versus DMSO-treated (light). The dual PTGS1/2inhibitor (±)-flurbiprofen competitively blocked A-DA-labeling of bothPTGS1 and PTGS2 in cells, whereas the selective PTGS2 inhibitorrofecoxib disrupted A-DA-labeling of PTGS2, but not PTGS 1 (FIG. 9C).Both drugs showed selectivity for PTGS enzymes in Neuro2A and A549 cells(FIG. 9D and Table 4). Some additional competed targets were also,identified, including aldose reductase-related protein 2 (AKR1B8), whichshowed reductions in A-DA labeling in rofecoxib-, but not(±)-flurbiprofen-treated Neuro2A cells (FIG. 9D and Table 4). AKR1B8 isa mouse ortholog of the human aldo-keto reductase AKR1B10, which ismodified and inhibited by electrophilic prostaglandins. In someinstances, the results provide further support that these enzymesspecifically interact with arachidonoyl related lipids and drugs.

The analysis of drug action in cells were expanded to include severaladditional lipid probe targets with known ligands—sterolO-acyltransferase (SOAT1), nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase(NAMPT), lanosterol synthase (LSS), and multidrug resistance protein1(ABCB1) and their respective inhibitors, avasimibe, FK-866, Ro 48-8071,and elacridar (FIG. 11A). Some of these targets were chosen because theyrepresent integral membrane proteins (LSS, SOAT1, ABCB1) and in someinstances pose technical challenges for other drug interaction profilingmethods that measure ligand-induced changes in proteolytic or thermalstability. Each ligand was initially assayed at 25 μM in Neuro2a cells,as this concentration was predicted to fully engage the primary drugtarget and also facilitate a broader prospecting of thelipid-interaction proteome for other ligandable proteins. The drug—Ro48-8071—was tested across a concentration range of about 5 to about 50μM to assess potency of interactions and facilitate identification ofadditional drug-protein interactions. The “heavy” and “light” cells weretreated with drug and DMSO, respectively, followed by the arachidonoylprobes (5 μM), UV irradiation, sample processing, protein enrichment,and MS-based analysis. For each tested drug, the drug interacted withits primary established target and little cross-reactivity with theother three established targets under investigation (FIG. 11B and FIG.12A). One exception was FK-866, which competed probe-labeling of bothits established target NAMPT and ABCB1B (FIG. 11B).

A survey of the lipid-interaction proteome revealed a unique set ofadditional targets for each drug (FIG. 11C and FIG. 12A), many of whichwere competed by one of the four tested drugs (FIG. 11D). Clearconcentration-dependent increases in the target landscape were observedfor Ro 48-8071, with the target, LSS, being fully competed at 5 μM alongwith only two off-targets (TMEM97 and EBP), whereas, at 50 μM, Ro48-8071 suppressed probe labeling of several additional targets (FIGS.11C and 12A). The drug competition profiles were also compared to thatof the endogenous lipid transmitter AEA tested at 200 μM, which wasfound to be a suitable concentration for competitive profiling bygel-based analysis (FIG. 12B). AEA competed with several targets of thedrugs FK-866 (e.g. PTGR2) and Ro 48-8071 (e.g. DHRS1), both of whichpossess lipid-like scaffolds, but not the targets of avasimibe orelacridar (FIG. 11E).

Additional profiling of drugs in Neuro2a and A549 cells using both A-DAand AEA-DA probes to maximize coverage provided a rich set of competedtargets (Table 5). Only ˜30% of the identified drug targets were listedin DrugBank, and, of the non-DrugBank targets, a substantial portion(˜40%) were uncharacterized proteins or proteins that belonged toclasses that would traditionally be considered challenging to ligandbased on their sparse representation in DrugBank (FIG. 11F and Table 5).Some proteins interacted strongly with multiple drugs, such asferrochelatase (FECH), which has recently been found to bind severalkinase inhibitors in cells using thermal proteome profiling. Lipid probelabeling of FECH, along with ABCB1B and TMEM97, was blocked by elacridarat concentrations as low as 0.5 μM (FIG. 12D), indicating that thesedrug-protein interactions are high affinity events. Both elacridar andRo 48-8071 were confirmed to block AEA-DA probe labeling ofrecombinantly expressed TMEM97 in transfected HEK293T cells (FIG. 12C).In some instances, these data suggest that FECH and TMEM97 areligandable proteins, as reflected by their capacity to interact withmultiple small-molecule chemotypes in cells.

Discovery of Selective Ligands for the Lipid-Binding ProteinNucleobindin 1

In some embodiments, a high-throughput method is used for screening andidentifying novel ligand-binding proteins. In some instances, NUCB1 isselected. In some instances, a fluorescent arachidonoyl lipid probe(Fl-AEA; FIG. 13A) was synthesized and confirmed that it bound torecombinant, purified human NUCB1 (hNUCB1) protein to produce asubstantial increase in fluorescence polarization (FluoPol) signal (FIG.13B). This FluoPol signal was significantly reduced by arachidonoyl, butnot palmitoyl (FIG. 13C) or other (FIG. 14A) competitor lipids,recapitulating the selectivity observed by gel- and MS-based profilingwith photoreactive lipid probes (FIG. 7E).

The FluoPol assay was optimized to provide a Z′ score of >0.5 (comparedto assays performed with AA as a competitor ligand; FIG. 13B) and usedto screen 16,000 compounds from the Maybridge library at 10 μM in 384well-plate format. 272 compounds produced a 20% or greater reduction inFluoPol signal (on par or greater than the reduction caused by AA) togive a hit rate of 1.7% (FIG. 13D). Chemoinformatic analysis to removefrequent hit compounds and compounds with structural alerts yielded 100compounds that were assayed by gel-based competitive profiling with theAEA-DA probe against recombinant hNUCB1 doped into HEK293T cell lysates.This analysis identified hydrazide 1 (FIG. 13E) as a strong competitorof NUCB1 labeling that showed selectivity across other AEA-DA targetsdetected in the HEK293T proteome (FIG. 13F and FIG. 14B), and, in someinstances, this compound was chosen for further optimization (FIG. 14),culminating in the discovery of the N-methylpiperidine amide MJN228 (11;FIG. 13G), which blocked AEA-DA probe labeling of NUCB1 with an IC50value of 3.3 μM (FIG. 13H) and did not appear to disrupt otherarachidonoyl probe-protein interactions in HEK293T cell lysates (FIG.14E). A second NUCB1-active ligand was developed that contained a methylsubstituent on the indole nitrogen (22, KML110), which only caused aslight reduction in potency (IC50=9.6 μM), as well as a structurallyrelated inactive control compound KML181, which displayed markedlyreduced potency for NUCB1 (IC50>100 μM; FIGS. 13G and 13H).

In some embodiments, the ligands are tested for their interaction toNUCB1 in cells. Treatment of Neuro2a cells with MJN228 or KML110 (25 μM)produced substantial (˜3-5-fold) reductions in lipid probe enrichment ofNUCB1, while KML181 had no effect (FIG. 15A). MJN228 inhibited lipidprobe binding to NUCB1 at concentrations as low as 10 μM, withnear-maximal inhibition observed at ˜25 μM (FIG. 16A). An analysis ofthe lipid-interaction proteome revealed that NUCB1 was the most competedprotein among the ˜400 AEA-DA probe targets detected in Neuro2a cells(FIG. 15B). The site of arachidonoyl probe (and MJN228) binding to NUCB1was mapped in cells, which was accomplished by treating Neuro2A cellswith the AEA-DA probe (50 μM) in the presence of DMSO or MJN228 (50 μM),followed by UV irradiation, CuAAC conjugation of AEA-DA-labeled proteinsto isotopically light (DMSO-treated cells) and heavy (MJN228-treatedcells) azide-biotin tags featuring a TEV protease-cleavable linker, andLCMS/MS analysis using a previously described platform, termedisoTOP-ABPP, for mapping probe-modified peptides in proteomes (Speersand Cravatt, 2005). A AEA-DA labeled peptide was identified for NUCB1(aa 53-68) in DMSO-treated cells and the signals for this peptide weresubstantially (>5-fold) reduced in MJN228-treated cells (FIG. 15C). ThisAEA-DA labeling site was confirmed using recombinant, purified hNUCB1and tandem MS analysis which narrowed down the site of probemodification to His67 (FIGS. 16B and 16C). The MJN228-sensitive,AEA-DA-modified peptide resides within the previously mappedPTGS1/2-binding domain of NUCB1 (aa 1-123; FIG. 15C), in some instances,indicating that this region is responsible for both the lipid- andprotein-protein interactions displayed by NUCB1.

Deeper profiling of Neuro2a cells using the isoTOP-ABPP platformidentified AEA-DA modified peptides for an additional ˜150 proteins(Table 6), which accounted for ˜40% of the total AEA-DA targets mappedin this cell line.

NUCB1 Ligands Perturb Multiple Lipid Pathways in Cells

Having established that NUCB1 is a principal target of MJN228 in cells,the metabolic consequences of this ligand-protein interaction wasinvestigated by performing a lipidomic analysis of Neuro2a cells treatedwith DMSO, MJN228 (10 μM), or the inactive control probe KML181 (10 μM).Following a 6 h incubation with each compound, cells were harvested,lysed, and their lipids isolated by organic extraction and analyzed byuntargeted LC-MS in both positive and negative ion modes. Using XCMSsoftware to quantitate differences between compound- and DMSO-treatedsamples, a group of metabolites were identified that were significantlyelevated in MJN228-treated Neuro2a cells (≥2 fold, P<0.0001) but not incells treated with KML181 (FIG. 15D and Table 7). The chromatographicand tandem MS profiles of these lipids enabled their structuralassignment as N-acyl ethanolamines (NAEs) and N-acyl taurines (NATs).NAEs and NATs are hydrolytically metabolized by the enzyme fatty acidamide hydrolase (FAAH) (Saghatelian et al., 2006). However, neitherMJN228 nor KML110 showed substantial inhibitory activity againstpurified recombinant FAAH or endogenous FAAH in Neuro2a lysates (IC50values >100 μM, FIGS. 16D and 16E), suggesting that the compounds didnot increase NAE or NAT levels through direct interactions with FAAH incells. In some instances, signals above background were not detected forthis enzyme in the chemical proteomic data sets. In some instances, thepoor labeling of FAAH is due to the lipid probes serving as substratesfor this enzyme, and an overall loss in probe labeling of proteins incells that overexpress FAAH (FIG. 16F).

In some instances, targeted metabolite analysis is used to evaluate theeffects of NUCB1 ligands and control compounds on the fatty acid amidecontent of cells. Both NUCB1 ligands (MJN228 and KML110), and the FAAHinhibitor PF-7845 elevated the cellular concentrations of NAEs and NATs,including the endocannabinoid anandamide (C20:4 NAE, or AEA) and theTRPV4 ligand C20:4 NAT (FIG. 15E and FIG. 16G). Other arachidonoyllipids, including AA and 2-AG, were either unaffected or slightlyelevated by NUCB1 ligands in comparison (FIG. 16H). KML181 and theadditional control compounds avasimibe and FK-866 did not interact withthe recombinant NUCB1 protein (FIG. 16I and Table 4), or altered NAE/NATcontent in cells (FIG. 15E and FIG. 16G). In some instances, the NUCB1ligands elevated fatty acid amides in a human cell line (A549 cells;FIG. 16J). In some instances, RNA interference was used to stably lowerthe expression of NUCB1 in A549 cells using two distinct shRNA probes[shNUCB1(1) and shNUCB1(2)] (FIG. 15F). Multiple NAEs, including AEA andOEA, were elevated in the shNUCB1-A549 cell lines, but not in thecontrol shRNA (shGFP-A549) cell line (FIG. 15F).

In some instances, the pharmacological and RNA-interference dataillustrate that NUCB1 plays a role in facilitating the metabolism offatty acid amides, possibly by serving as an intracellular carrier todeliver these lipids to FAAH. Treatment of cells with both a NUCB1ligand and the FAAH inhibitor PF-7845 did not produce larger changes inNAEs than treatment with the PF-7845 alone (FIG. 16K). AEA is not only asubstrate for FAAH, but also PTGS2, which converts this endocannabinoidinto bioactive prostamides. In some instances, NUCB1 ligands are testedto determine if they perturb the oxidative metabolism of AEA by PTSG2.In some cases, NUCB1 ligands are not PTGS2 inhibitors (FIG. 16L). Insome cases, PMA-stimulated A549 cells are then treated with NUCB1ligands (MJN228 and KML110) and control compounds (KML181 and FK-866)followed by exogenous AEA (20 μM) and measured the formation ofprostamides. Both NUCB1 ligands, but not the control compounds, produceda significant, concentration-dependent reduction in PGF2a-EA in A549cells (FIG. 15G). In some instances, NUCB1 bound AA in the biochemicalassays (see FIG. 7E and FIG. 13B). In some cases, NUCB1 ligands weretested to determine if they affect prostaglandin production in A549cells treated with PMA. The PMA-stimulated generation of PGE2 and TXB₂was attenuated by NUCB1 ligands, but not the control compound KML181(FIG. 16M). The additional control compound FK-866 exhibited a curiousprofile, showing no effect on PGE2, but complete suppression of TXB₂(FIG. 16M). In some instances, FK-866, either through inhibiting itsprimary target NAMPT or another protein in A549 cells, impairs TXB₂production. In some instances, alterations in prostamides andprostaglandins were not observed in shNUCB1 cells, which indicate that amore substantial reduction in NUCB1 expression than that achieved byRNA-interference is needed to perturb NUCB1-PTGS2 crosstalk in cells.

Mapping On-Target and Off-Target Effects of Lipid-Binding ProteinInhibitors

In some embodiments, drugs assayed by one or more of the methodsdescribed herein showed off-target profiles (FIG. 11D and Table 5). Insome instances, about 50% or more of the liganded proteins discoveredherein showed interaction with more than one small-molecule competitor(Table 5). In some instances, this shows that the ligand-binding contentof the lipid-interaction proteome is not saturated. The off targets forspecific drugs, in some cases, share functionality. For example, threetargets of Ro 48-8071 are sequence-unrelated, membrane-bound enzymes LSSand EBP and protein TMEM97 which is involved in the metabolism andregulation of cholesterol. In some instances, a single inhibitor, suchas Ro 48-8071, targets one or more proteins which operate in differentpathways. In some instances, a single inhibitor modulates multipledistinct lipid pathways.

Example II Materials:

All chemicals were obtained from commercial suppliers and were usedwithout further purification. Anhydrous solvents were obtained bypassing solvents through activated alumina columns. Merck silica gel TLCplates (0.25 mm, 60 F254) were used to monitor reactions. Flashchromatography was performed using SiliaFlash F60 silica gel (40-63 μm,60 Å) or Silicycle SiliaBond Silver Nitrate (10% AgNO₃, 40-63 μm, 60 Å).NMR spectra were recorded at room temperature on Bruker DRX-500, VarianInova-400 or Bruker DRX-600 (5 mm DCH Cryoprobe) instruments. Chemicalshifts are recorded in ppm relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) withpeaks being reported as follows: chemical shift, multiplicity(s=singlet, bs=broad singlet, d=doublet, t=triplet, q=quartet,m=multiplet, bm=broad multiplet), coupling constant (Hz).High-resolution mass spectra (HRMS) were obtained on an Agilent LC/MSDTOF mass spectrometer by electrospray ionization-time-of-flight(ESITOF).

Synthesis of AA-DA and AEA-DA

Methyl 15-hydroxypentadeca-5,8,11-triynoate (2)

To a stirring heterogeneous mixture of K₂CO₃ (567 mg, 4.1 mmol, 1.0equiv.), CuI (781 mg, 4.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.), anhydrous NaI (615 mg, 4.1mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in anhydrous DMF (10 mL) was added methyl ester 1(Liet al., 2005) (340 mg, 4.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) and 4-pentyn-1-ol (0.34 g,4.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) under N₂. The reaction mixture was stirred for 12h at ambient temperature before diluting with EtOAc:hexanes (100 mL,1:1) and passed through a pad of Celite to remove insoluble material.The filtrate was then added to a separatory funnel and washed withsaturated NH₄Cl (aq.) (100 mL) and brine (2×100 mL). The organic layerwas then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reducedpressure. The remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flashchromatography (20-30% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (888 mg, 75%): ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 3.74 (t, J=6.2Hz, 2H), 3.67 (s, 3H), 3.12 (s, 4H), 2.42 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.31-2.19(m, 4H), 1.85-1.69 (m, 4H); MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₂₁O₃ [M+H]⁺:261.2, found 261.3.

Methyl (5Z,8Z,11Z)-15-hydroxypentadeca-5,8,11-trienoate (3)

To a stirring mixture of Ni(OAc)₄.4H₂O (2.86 g, 11.5 mmol, 3.0 equiv.)in MeOH (90 mL) under N₂ was added NaBH₄ (435 mg, 11.5 mmol, 3.0 equiv.)in small portions over 10 minutes. The reaction vessel was then purgedwith H2 and the mixture stirred for 30 min at ambient temperature.Ethylenediamine (3.1 mL, 46.1 mmol, 12 equiv.) was then added to thereaction mixture, followed by triyne 2 (1.0 g, 3.84 mmol, 1.0 equiv.).When the mass of the starting material was no longer detected by massspectrometry (Agilent 1100 Series LC/MSD), the reaction was filteredthrough a pad of Celite and the filtrate was concentrated under reducedpressure. The remaining residue was purified by SiO₂—AgNO₃ (10%) flashchromatography (30-80% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (774 mg, 76%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.47-5.31 (m,6H), 3.66 (s, 3H), 3.66 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.93-2.67 (m, 4H), 2.43 (s,1H), 2.32 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.17 (q, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 2.11 (q, J=7.1 Hz,2H), 1.75-1.60 (m, 4H); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₂₇O₃ [M+H]⁺:267.1955, found 267.1956.

Methyl (5Z,8Z,11Z)-15-oxopentadeca-5,8,11-trienoate (4)

In an oven-dried RBF, oxalyl chloride (0.39 mL, 4.5 mmol, 2.0 equiv) wasadded to anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (20 mL) at −78° C. under N₂. To this solutionwas added DMSO (0.64 mL, 9.0 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) drop-wise. After 30 minof stirring at −78° C., alcohol 3 (600 mg, 2.25 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) inanhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (5.0 mL) was added over 5 min and the reaction wasstirred for another 30 min. TEA (1.3 mL, 9.0 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) was thenadded and the reaction was stirred for 30 min at −78° C. before warmingto 0° C. in an ice bath. After 30 min, the reaction was diluted with 25%EtOAc/hexanes and reaction mixture was passed through a silica plug.Following evaporation of the eluent the remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (5% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the titlecompound as a colorless oil (548 mg, 92%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ9.78 (s, 1H), 5.39 (td, J=15.0, 14.5, 5.2 Hz, 6H), 3.67 (s, 3H),2.87-2.76 (m, 4H), 2.52 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.41 (q, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 2.33(t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.11 (q, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 1.71 (p, J=7.4 Hz, 2H); ¹³CNMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 202.02, 174.09, 129.45, 129.07, 128.80, 128.46,127.89, 127.76, 51.56, 43.74, 33.48, 26.62, 25.68, 25.65, 24.83, 20.13;MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₂₅O₃ [M+H]⁺: 265.2, found 265.2.

Methyl(5Z,8Z,11Z)-15-hydroxy-20-(trimethylsilyl)icosa-5,8,11-trien-19-ynoate(5) Synthesis of (5-(trimethylsilyl)pent-4-yn-1-yl)magnesium chloride

Magnesium turnings (208 mg, 8.55 mmol, 1.5 equiv.) were etched with theback of a glass pipette and added to a flame-dried, two-neck RBFcontaining a stir bar and fitted with an oven-dried reflux condenser.After purging the reaction vessel with argon, a small bead of 12 (˜10mg) was added to the magnesium turnings followed by anhydrous THF (3.0mL) and the resulting mixture was stirred for 15 min at roomtemperature. A few drops of (5-chloropent-1-yn-1-yl)trimethylsilane (1.0g, 5.7 mmol, 1.0 equiv) dissolved in anhydrous THF (7.0 mL) was thenadded to the mixture and the mixture was heated to reflux. The remaining(5-chloropent-1-yn-1-yl)trimethylsilane solution was then slowly addedto the refluxing reaction mixture over 30 min. When the addition wascomplete, the reaction was refluxed for an additional 3 h before coolingto room temperature and determining the Grignard reagent concentrationby titration using menthol and 1,10-phenanthroline.

Grignard Addition.

Aldehyde 4 (479 mg, 1.81 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was dissolved in anhydrousEt₂O (25 mL) and cooled to −78° C. under N₂.(5-(Trimethylsilyl)pent-4-yn-1-yl)magnesium chloride (3.4 mL, 1.81 mmol,0.53 M in THF, 1.0 equiv.) was then added drop-wise over 10 min andafter stirring for an additional 1 h at −78° C., the reaction mixturewas allowed to cool to 0° C. After stirring for 1 h at 0° C., thereaction was quenched with the addition of sat. NH₄Cl (aq.) (10 mL) andthe product was extracted with Et₂O (3×25 mL). The combined organiclayers were then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated underreduced pressure. The remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flashchromatography (20% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (349 mg, 48%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.44-5.28 (m,6H), 3.64 (s, 3H), 3.67-3.59 (m, 1H), 2.86-2.73 (m, 4H), 2.30 (t, J=7.5Hz, 2H), 2.23 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.21-2.13 (m, 2H), 2.09 (q, J=7.0 Hz,2H), 1.76-1.62 (m, 4H), 1.59-1.45 (m, 4H), 0.12 (s, 9H); ¹³C NMR (101MHz, CDCl₃) δ 174.23, 129.78, 128.99, 128.96, 128.40, 128.31, 128.23,107.37, 84.82, 70.99, 51.62, 37.31, 36.66, 33.51, 26.63, 25.71, 24.84,23.69, 19.92, 0.25; MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd for C₂₄H₄₁O₃Si [M+H]⁺: 405.3,found 405.4.

(5Z,8Z,11Z)-15-oxoicosa-5,8,11-trien-19-ynoic acid (6)

In an oven-dried RBF, oxalyl chloride (0.15 mL, 1.72 mmol, 2.0 equiv)was added to anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (5.0 mL) at −78° C. under N₂. To thissolution was added DMSO (0.25 mL, 3.45 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) drop-wise.After 30 min of stirring at −78° C., alcohol 5 (349 mg, 0.862 mmol, 1.0equiv.) in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL) was added over 5 min and thereaction was stirred for another 30 min. TEA (0.48 mL, 3.45 mmol, 4.0equiv.) was then added and the reaction was stirred for 30 min at −78°C. before warming to 0° C. in an ice bath. After 30 min, the reactionwas diluted with 25% EtOAc/hexanes and reaction mixture was passedthrough a silica plug. Following evaporation of the eluent the remainingresidue was redissolved in 1,4-dioxane (3.0 mL) and LiOH (1.0 mL, 2 M inH₂O) was added. After stirring for 6 h, the reaction was quenched bypouring it into a separatory funnel containing EtOAc (25 mL) and 0.5 MHCl (aq.) (25 mL) and the product was extracted with EtOAc (3×25 mL).The combined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (20% EtOAc/hexanes, 0.5% HCO₂H) providingthe title compound as a colorless oil (172 mg, 75%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 5.46-5.26 (m, 6H), 2.81 (q, J=6.4 Hz, 4H), 2.57 (t, J=7.2 Hz,2H), 2.50 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 2.35 (p, J=7.2 Hz, 4H), 2.22 (td, J=6.8,2.5 Hz, 2H), 2.13 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.96 (t, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 1.79 (p,J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 1.70 (p, J=7.3 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃) δ210.52, 165.59, 129.18, 129.15, 128.88, 128.35, 128.26, 128.13, 83.69,69.21, 42.73, 41.38, 33.40, 26.55, 25.76, 25.72, 24.58, 22.30, 21.78,17.88; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₉O₃ [M+H]⁺: 317.2111, found317.2110.

(5Z,8Z,1Z)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienoicacid (AA-DA)

Diaziridine formation was accomplished using a method reported by (Bondet al., 2009). Ketone 6 (172 mg, 0.54 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was dissolved ina solution of NH₃ (2.0 mL, 7.0 N in MeOH) at 0° C. in a RBF under N₂.After stirring for 3 h at 0° C., a solution of hydroxylamine-O-sulfonicacid (70 mg, 0.62 mmol, 1.15 equiv.) in anhydrous MeOH (2.0 mL) wasadded drop-wise over 10 min. The reaction mixture was allowed to slowlywarm to room temperature while stirring overnight (˜12 h). The reactionwas then concentrated under a stream of N₂ and the remaining residue wasredissolved in Et₂O (10 mL) and filtered through a pad of Celite usingadditional Et₂O (5 mL) for washes. The combined filtrate was thenconcentrated under reduced pressure providing the crude diaziridineintermediate which was used without further purification.

Diazirine formation was accomplished using a method reported by(Sanderson et al., 2005). The crude diaziridine intermediate (see above)was redissolved in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (5.0 mL) and pyridine (0.5 mL) in aRBF charged with a stir bar and flushed with N₂. Pyridiniumchlorochromate (116 mg, 0.54 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was then added in smallportions over 20 min while the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. Thereaction was then allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for anadditional 1 h before diluting with 50% EtOAc/hexanes (25 mL) and HCO₂H(0.5 mL). The resulting solution was passed through a silica plug andthe was filtrate concentrated and purified further by SiO₂ flashchromatography (15% EtOAc/hexanes, 1.0% HCO₂H) providing the titlecompound as a colorless oil (45 mg, 28%, 2 steps): ¹H NMR (500 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 5.43-5.26 (m, 6H), 2.81-2.75 (m, 4H), 2.37 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H),2.16 (td, J=7.0, 2.7 Hz, 2H), 2.13 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 1.95 (t, J=2.6 Hz,1H), 1.86 (q, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 1.73 (p, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.54-1.44 (m, 4H),1.33 (p, J=7.1 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.38, 129.11,129.06, 129.03, 128.43, 128.41, 128.14, 83.54, 69.08, 33.85, 33.08,31.97, 28.43, 26.64, 25.75, 24.84, 22.87, 21.86, 18.08, 15.59; HRMS(ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₉N₂O₂ [M+H]⁺: 329.2223, found 329.2226.

(5Z,8Z,11Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-14-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)tetradeca-5,8,11-trienamide(AEA-DA)

To a stirring solution of AA-DA (18 mg, 0.054 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) andN-hydroxysuccinimide (6.8 mg, 0.059 mmol, 1.1 equiv) in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂(2.0 mL) was added EDCI (11 mg, 0.059, 1.1 equiv.). The reaction mixturewas stirred for 12 h at which point the starting material was completelyconsumed as judged by TLC (30% EtOAc/hexanes, 1.0% HCO₂H). The reactionmixture was poured into a separatory funnel with brine (25 mL) andproduct extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×25 mL). The combined organic layerswere then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reducedpressure and this crude NHS ester was used without further purification.

The above-synthesized NHS ester (23 mg, 0.054 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) wasdissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) before adding TEA (40 μL, 0.27 mmol, 5.0equiv.) and ethanolamine (17 μL, 0.27 mmol, 5.0 equiv.). After stirringfor 1 h at room temperature, the reaction was concentrated under reducedpressure and the remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flashchromatography (80:15:5 EtOAc:hexanes:MeOH) providing the title compoundas a colorless oil (18 mg, 92%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.94 (bs,1H), 5.44-5.24 (m, 6H), 3.73 (t, J=4.9 Hz, 2H), 3.43 (q, J=5.4 Hz, 2H),2.82-2.74 (m, 4H), 2.61 (bs, 1H), 2.22 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 2.16 (td,J=7.0, 2.5 Hz, 2H), 2.11 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.95 (t, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 1.86(q, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.74 (p, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.55-1.44 (m, 4H), 1.33 (p,J=7.0 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 174.38, 129.21, 129.08,128.91, 128.41, 128.37, 128.12, 83.52, 69.11, 62.65, 42.63, 36.07,33.03, 31.97, 28.50, 26.79, 25.78, 25.75, 25.61, 22.86, 21.85, 18.07;HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₂H₃₄N₃O₂ [M+H]⁺: 372.2645, found372.2644.

Synthesis of OEA-DA

Non-8-yne-1,4-diol (8)

To a stirring solution of 4-((tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy)butanal(Asanoand Matsubara, 2011) (1.38 g, 6.82 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in anhydrous Et₂O(100 mL) at −78° C. under N₂ was added(5-(trimethylsilyl)pent-4-yn-1-yl)magnesium chloride (15 mL, 7.5 mmol,0.50 M in THF, 1.1 equiv.) over 10 min. The reaction was then allowed towarm to room temperature. After stirring for 1 h at room temperature,the reaction was quenched with sat. NH₄Cl (aq.) and the product wasextracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were driedover anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. Theremaining residue was redissolved in anhydrous THF and cooled to 0° C.before adding TBAF (20.5 mL, 20.5 mmol, 1.0 M in THF, 3.0 equiv). Thereaction was stirred for 2 h at room temperature and quenched byaddition of silica gel (˜25 g) directly into the reaction mixture. Thesolvent was then removed under reduced pressure and the remainingfree-flowing solid was loaded directly onto a column for purification bySiO₂ flash chromatography (100% EtOAc) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (843 mg, 79%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 3.74-3.63 (m,3H), 3.60 (bs, 2H), 2.27 (td, J=6.3, 2.7 Hz, 2H), 2.01 (t, J=2.6 Hz,1H), 1.78-1.48 (m, 8H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 84.49, 71.22, 68.63,62.76, 36.50, 34.60, 29.08, 24.77, 18.46; MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd forC₉H₁₇O₂ [M+H]⁺: 157.1, found 157.2.

Methyl (Z)-13-oxooctadec-9-en-17-ynoate (11) Synthesis of4-oxonon-8-ynal (9)

In an oven-dried RBF, oxalyl chloride (1.1 mL, 12.8 mmol, 4.0 equiv) wasadded to anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (50 mL) at −78° C. under N₂. To this solutionwas added DMSO (1.8 mL, 25.6 mmol, 8.0 equiv.) drop-wise. After 30 minof stirring at −78° C., diol 8 (500 mg, 3.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) inanhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (10 mL) was added over 15 min and the reaction wasstirred for another 30 min. TEA (3.6 mL, 25.6 mmol, 8.0 equiv.) was thenadded and the reaction was stirred for 30 min at −78° C. before warmingto 0° C. in an ice bath.

After 30 min, the reaction was diluted with 30% EtOAc/hexanes andreaction mixture was passed through a silica plug. The eluent was thenconcentrated and used without further purification.

Wittig Reaction.

To a stirring solution of phosphonium salt 10 (Gunn, 1985) (208 mg, 0.37mmol, 1.0 equiv.) anhydrous THF (15 mL) at 0° C. under N₂ was addedNaHMDS (0.47 mL, 0.47 mmol, 1.0 M in THF, 1.0 equiv.) drop-wise over 15min. The resulting orange solution was stirring at room temperature foran additional 1 h. In a separate RBF, aldehyde 9 (86 mg, 0.56 mmol, 1.2equiv.) was dissolved in anhydrous THF (15 mL) and cooled to −78° C.under N₂. The ylide solution was then slowly added to the aldehydesolution over 45 min and after stirring for an additional 1 h at −78°C., the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperatureovernight (˜12 h). The reaction was then concentrated under reducedpressure and the remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flashchromatography (10% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (48 mg, 42%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.43-5.21 (m, 2H),3.66 (s, 3H), 2.55 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.45 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 2.33-2.26(m, 4H), 2.22 (td, J=6.9, 2.7 Hz, 2H), 2.01 (q, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 1.95 (t,J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 1.78 (p, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.61 (dd, J=14.1, 6.9 Hz, 2H),1.38-1.23 (m, 8H); ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 210.05, 174.48, 131.35,127.88, 83.78, 69.19, 51.63, 42.97, 41.34, 34.27, 29.72, 29.32, 29.28,29.25, 27.32, 25.11, 22.38, 21.86, 17.94; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₁₉H₃₁O₃ [M+H]⁺: 307.2268, found 305.2271.

(Z)-13-oxooctadec-9-en-17-ynoic acid (12)

Methyl ester 11 (140 mg, 0.46 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was dissolved in THF(1.0 mL), and NaOH (91 mg, 2.28 mmol, 5.0 equiv.) in H₂O (1.0 mL) wasadded. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 8 h andthen transferred to a separatory funnel containing EtOAc (25 mL) and 0.1M HCl (25 mL). The product was extracted with EtOAc (3×25 mL) and thecombined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (20% EtOAc/hexanes, 1% HCO₂H) providing thetitle compound as a colorless oil (110 mg, 82%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃)δ 5.41-5.34 (m, 1H), 5.32-5.25 (m, 1H), 2.55 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.46 (t,J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 2.37-2.26 (m, 4H), 2.22 (td, J=6.9, 2.6 Hz, 2H), 2.02 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.95 (t, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 1.78 (p, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.62 (p,J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 1.38-1.23 (m, 8H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 210.43,180.30, 131.57, 128.13, 84.01, 69.42, 43.20, 41.58, 34.44, 29.91, 29.48,29.43, 29.38, 27.52, 25.05, 22.62, 22.10, 18.17; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/zcalc'd for C₁₈H₂₉O₃ [M+H]⁺: 293.2111, found 293.2110.

(Z)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enoic acid (OA-DA)

Diaziridine formation was accomplished using a method reported by (Bondet al., 2009). Ketone 12 (100 mg, 0.34 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was dissolvedin a solution of NH₃ (2.0 mL, 7.0 N in MeOH) at 0° C. in a RBF under N₂.After stirring for 3 h at 0° C., a solution of hydroxylamine-O-sulfonicacid (45 mg, 0.39 mmol, 1.15 equiv.) in anhydrous MeOH (2.0 mL) wasadded drop-wise over 10 min. The reaction mixture was allowed to slowlywarm to room temperature while stirring overnight (˜12 h). The reactionwas then concentrated under a stream of N₂ and the remaining residue wasredissolved in Et₂O (10 mL) and filtered through a pad of Celite usingadditional Et₂O (5 mL) for washes. The combined filtrate was thenconcentrated under reduced pressure providing the crude diaziridineintermediate which was used without further purification.

Diazirine formation was accomplished using a method reported by(Sanderson et al., 2005). The crude diaziridine intermediate (see above)was redissolved in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (4.0 mL) and pyridine (0.4 mL) in aRBF charged with a stir bar and flushed with N₂. Pyridiniumchlorochromate (147 mg, 0.68 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) was then added in smallportions over 20 min while the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. Thereaction was then allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for anadditional 1 h before diluting with 50% EtOAc/hexanes (25 mL) and HCO₂H(0.4 mL). The resulting solution was passed through a silica plug andthe was filtrate concentrated and purified further by SiO₂ flashchromatography (15% EtOAc/hexanes, 1.0% HCO₂H) providing the titlecompound as a colorless oil (27 mg, 26%, 2 steps): ¹H NMR (500 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 5.40-5.34 (m, 1H), 5.27-5.21 (m, 1H), 2.35 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H),2.16 (td, J=7.0, 2.7 Hz, 2H), 1.98 (q, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.94 (t, J=2.6 Hz,1H), 1.82 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 1.63 (p, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.54-1.47 (m, 2H),1.46-1.39 (m, 2H), 1.38-1.24 (m, 10H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ180.02, 131.25, 127.88, 83.56, 69.04, 34.13, 33.21, 31.95, 29.60, 29.25,29.18, 29.14, 28.47, 27.29, 24.79, 22.88, 21.82, 18.08; HRMS (ESI-TOF+)m/z calc'd for C₁₈H₂₇N₂O₂ [M+H]⁺: 305.2223, found 305.2211.

(Z)—N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-12-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)dodec-9-enamide(OEA-DA)

To a stirring solution of OA-DA (15 mg, 0.049 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) andN-hydroxysuccinimide (8.5 mg, 0.074 mmol, 1.5 equiv) in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂(2.0 mL) was added EDCI (14 mg, 0.074, 1.5 equiv.). The reaction mixturewas stirred for 12 h at which point the starting material was completelyconsumed as judged by TLC (30% EtOAc/hexanes, 1.0% HCO₂H). The reactionmixture was poured into a separatory funnel with brine (25 mL) andproduct extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×25 mL). The combined organic layerswere then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reducedpressure and this crude NHS ester was used without further purification.

A portion of the above-synthesized NHS ester (9.8 mg, 0.025 mmol, 1.0equiv.) was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) before adding TEA (17 μL, 0.125mmol, 5.0 equiv.) and ethanolamine (7.5 μL, 0.125 mmol, 5.0 equiv.).After stirring for 1 h at room temperature, the reaction wasconcentrated under reduced pressure and the remaining residue waspurified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (2% MeOH/EtOAc) providing thetitle compound as a white solid (6.2 mg, 71%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ5.90 (bs, 1H), 5.41-5.33 (m, 1H), 5.28-5.21 (m, 1H), 3.74 (t, J=4.8 Hz,2H), 3.43 (q, J=4.4 Hz, 2H), 2.60 (bs, 1H), 2.21 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 2.16(td, J=7.0, 2.6 Hz, 2H), 1.98 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.95 (t, J=2.7 Hz, 1H),1.82 (q, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 1.64 (p, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 1.54-1.48 (m, 2H),1.46-1.41 (m, 2H), 1.37-1.26 (m, 10H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ174.66, 131.28, 127.86, 83.58, 69.07, 62.93, 42.66, 36.80, 33.20, 31.95,29.60, 29.35, 29.33, 29.20, 28.53, 27.29, 25.82, 22.88, 21.82, 18.09;HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₃₄N₃O₂ [M+H]⁺: 348.2645, found348.2645.

Synthesis of PEA-DA

N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-10-(3-(pent-4-yn-1-yl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)decanamide(PEA-DA)

Synthetic protocols and analytical data for the synthesis of PEA-DA havebeen previously reported. (Hulce et al., 2013) The same methods wereused herein.

Synthesis of A-DA

Methyl 10-chlorodeca-5,8-diynoate (13)

To a stirring heterogeneous mixture of K₂CO₃ (6.3 g, 45.6 mmol, 1.0equiv.), CuI (8.7 g, 45.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv.), anhydrous NaI (6.84 g, 45.6mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in anhydrous DMF (100 mL) was added1,4-dichloro-2-butyne (18.0 mL, 184.4 mmol, 5.0 equiv.) and methyl5-hexynoate (6.0 mL, 45.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) under N₂. The reactionmixture was stirred for 12 h at ambient temperature before diluting withEtOAc:hexanes (500 mL, 1:1) and passed through a pad of Celite to removeinsoluble material. The filtrate was then added to a separatory funneland washed with saturated NH₄Cl (aq.) (500 mL) and then brine (2×500mL). The organic layer was then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (5% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the titlecompound as a colorless oil (5.33 g, 55%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ4.21 (t, J=2.2 Hz, 2H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 3.28 (p, J=2.3 Hz, 2H), 2.51 (t,J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 2.32 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 1.90 (p, J=7.4 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR(126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.72, 81.64, 80.16, 75.22, 73.99, 51.72, 32.98,30.82, 23.94, 18.29, 10.11; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₁H₁₄ClO₂[M+H]⁺: 213.0677, found 213.0676.

Methyl 14-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)tetradeca-5,8,11-triynoate (14)

To a stirring heterogeneous mixture of K₂CO₃ (1.55 g, 11.2 mmol, 1.0equiv.), CuI (2.13 g, 11.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.), anhydrous NaI (1.68 g,11.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in anhydrous DMF (50 mL) was added2-(3-butynyloxy)tetrahydropyran (1.76 mL, 11.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) anddiyne 13 (2.39 g, 11.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) under N₂. The reaction mixturewas stirred for 12 h at ambient temperature before diluting withEtOAc:hexanes (250 mL, 1:1) and passed through a pad of Celite to removeinsoluble material. The filtrate was then added to a separatory funneland washed with saturated NH₄Cl (aq.) (250 mL) and then brine (2×250mL). The organic layer was then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (5-10% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the titlecompound as a colorless oil (2.63 g, 71%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ4.61 (t, J=3.4 Hz, 1H), 3.89-3.82 (m, 1H), 3.80-3.73 (m, 1H), 3.65 (s,3H), 3.54-3.41 (m, 2H), 3.13-3.06 (m, 4H), 2.47-2.42 (m, 2H), 2.40 (t,J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.23-2.17 (m, 2H), 1.84-1.74 (m, 3H), 1.72-1.64 (m, 1H),1.60-1.44 (m, 4H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.70, 98.80, 79.53,77.64, 74.96, 74.85, 74.81, 74.75, 65.81, 62.28, 51.63, 32.93, 30.65,25.53, 23.93, 20.27, 19.51, 18.26, 9.88, 9.82; MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd forC₂₀H₂₇NO₄ [M+H]⁺: 331.2, found 331.2.

Methyl (5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-hydroxytetradeca-5,8,11-trienoate (15)

To a stirring mixture of Ni(OAc)₄.4H₂O (1.92 g, 7.73 mmol, 2.55 equiv.)in anhydrous MeOH (100 mL) under N₂ was added NaBH₄ (344 mg, 9.09 mmol,3.0 equiv.) in small portions over 15 minutes. The reaction vessel wasthen purged with H2 and the mixture stirred for 30 min at ambienttemperature. Ethylenediamine (0.45 mL, 6.7 mmol, 2.2 equiv.) was thenadded to the reaction mixture, followed by triyne 14 (1.0 g, 3.03 mmol,1.0 equiv.). When the mass of the starting material was no longerdetected by mass spectrometry (Agilent 1100 Series LC/MSD), the reactionwas filtered through a pad of Celite, concentrated under reducedpressure and then passed through a pad of silica gel with (25%EtOAc/hexanes). The filtrate was then concentrated under reducedpressure and the remaining residue was redissolved in cold methanolicHCl (25 mL, 0.1 M) and stirred for 1 h at room temperature. The reactionmixture was then concentrated under a stream of N₂ and the crude productwas purified by SiO₂—AgNO₃ (10%) flash chromatography (25-75%EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as a colorless oil (428 mg,56%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.55-5.46 (m, 1H), 5.43-5.29 (m, 5H),3.64 (s, 3H), 3.62 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.83 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.78 (t,J=5.6 Hz, 2H), 2.34 (q, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.31 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.09 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.68 (p, J=7.5 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ174.24, 130.94, 129.00, 128.89, 128.39, 128.03, 125.78, 62.25, 51.60,33.51, 30.96, 26.63, 25.84, 25.71, 24.83; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₁₅H₂₅O₃ [M+H]⁺: 253.1798, found 253.1799.

Methyl (5Z,8Z,1 1Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynoate (16)

Formation of Aldehyde.

A solution of methyl triene 15 (109 mg, 0.43 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) inanhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (5.0 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and DMP (220 mg, 0.52mmol, 1.2 equiv.) was added. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm toroom temperature and then stirred for an additional 1 h. The reactionwas then cooled to 0° C. and quenched with sat. NaHCO₃(5 mL) and sat.Na₂S₂O₃ (5 mL) and transferred to a separatory funnel. The product wasextracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×20 mL) and the combined organic layers weredried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressureproviding methyl (5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-oxotetradeca-5,8,11-trienoate which wasused immediately in the following Wittig reaction.

Wittig Reaction.

To a mixture of hex-5-yn-1-yltriphenylphosphonium iodide (Luo et al.,2013) (362 mg, 0.77 mmol, 1.8 equiv.) in anhydrous THF (10 mL) at −78°C. under N₂ was added NaHMDS (0.69 mL, 0.69 mmol, 1.0 M in THF, 1.6equiv.). The resulting orange solution was allowed to warm to roomtemperature. After stirring for an additional 2 h at room temperature,the reaction mixture was cooled to −100° C. and freshly prepared methyl(5Z,8Z,11Z)-14-oxotetradeca-5,8,11-trienoate (108 mg, 0.43 mmol, 1.0equiv.) in anhydrous THF (3.0 mL) was added drop-wise over 15 min andafter stirring for an additional 1 h at −100° C., the reaction mixturewas allowed to warm to room temperature overnight (˜12 h). The reactionwas then concentrated under reduced pressure and the remaining residuewas purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (5% EtOAc/hexanes) providingthe title compound as a colorless oil (38 mg, 28%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 5.45 (s, 8H), 3.74 (s, 3H), 2.96-2.83 (m, 6H), 2.40 (t, J=7.3Hz, 2H), 2.34-2.14 (m, 6H), 2.03 (s, 1H), 1.78 (p, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.68(p, J=7.0 Hz, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 174.44, 129.34 (2C),129.24 (2C), 128.73, 128.61, 128.54, 128.44, 84.75, 68.81, 51.89, 33.85,28.73, 26.96, 26.56, 26.06, 26.03, 26.01, 25.18, 18.27; HRMS (ESI-TOF+)m/z calc'd for C₂₁H₃₁O₂ [M+H]⁺: 315.2319, found 215.2317; MS (ESI+) m/zcalc'd for C₂₁H₃₁O₂ [M+H]⁺: 315.23, found 315.26.

(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynoic acid (17)

Methyl ester 16 (38 mg, 0.12 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was dissolved in THF (1.0mL) and MeOH (3.0 mL), and LiOH (1.2 mL, 1.2 mmol, 1.0 M in H₂O, 10.0equiv.) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperaturefor 4 h and then transferred to a separatory funnel containing EtOAc (25mL) and 0.1 M HCl (25 mL). The product was extracted with EtOAc (3×25mL) and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue was purifiedby SiO₂ flash chromatography (20% EtOAc/hexanes, 0.5% HCO₂H) providingthe title compound as a colorless oil (34 mg, 94%). The NMR spectramatched those reported by (Milne et al., 2010).

tert-Butyl (3-oxobutyl)carbamate (19)

To a stirring solution of 4-amino-2-butanol (0.50 mL, 5.22 mmol, 1.0equiv.) and TEA (0.87 mL, 6.26 mmol, 1.2 equiv.) in THF (20 mL) wasadded Boc₂O (1.25 g, 5.74 mmol, 1.1 equiv.) in small portions over 10min. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at room temperature andthen quenched with ice cold 0.5 N HCl (20 mL). The product was extractedwith EtOAc (3×100 mL) and the combined organic layers were dried overanhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. The remainingresidue was used without further purification.

In an oven-dried RBF, oxalyl chloride (0.91 mL, 10.4 mmol, 2.0 equiv)was added to anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (100 mL) at −78° C. under N₂. To thissolution was added DMSO (1.48 mL, 20.9 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) drop-wise.After 30 min of stirring at −78° C., tert-butyl(3-hydroxybutyl)carbamate (18) in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (10 mL) was addedover 15 min and the reaction was stirred for another 30 min. TEA (2.91mL, 20.9 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) was then added and the reaction was stirredfor 30 min at −78° C. before warming to 0° C. in an ice bath. After 30min, the reaction was diluted with Et₂O and reaction mixture was passedthrough a silica plug. After concentrating the eluent under reducedpressure the remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography(50% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as a colorless oil (826mg, 85%); ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.00 (bs, 1H), 3.31 (q, J=5.6 Hz,2H), 2.64 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 2H), 2.13 (s, 3H), 1.39 (s, 9H); ¹³C NMR (151MHz, CDCl₃) δ 208.29, 155.97, 79.30, 43.60, 35.23, 30.26, 28.46 (3C); MS(ESI+) m/z calc'd for C₉H₁₈NO₃ [M+H]⁺: 188.1, found 188.2.

tert-Butyl (2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)carbamate (20)

Diazirine formation was accomplished using a method reported by Bond etal. (Bond et al., 2009) Ketone 19 (0.83 g, 4.43 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) wasdissolved in a solution of NH₃ (10 mL, 7.0 N in MeOH) at 0° C. in a RBFunder N₂. After stirring for 3 h at 0° C., a solution ofhydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid (577 mg, 5.10 mmol, 1.15 equiv.) inanhydrous MeOH (10 mL) was added drop-wise over 10 min. The reactionmixture was allowed to slowly warm to room temperature while stirringovernight (˜12 h). The reaction was then concentrated under a stream ofN₂ and the remaining residue was redissolved in Et₂O (10 mL) andfiltered through a pad of Celite using additional Et₂O (5 mL) forwashes. The combined filtrate was then concentrated under reducedpressure and redissolved in anhydrous MeOH (5.0 mL) in an amber RBFunder N₂ and cooled to 0° C. TEA (0.93 mL, 6.65 mmol, 1.5 equiv.) wasthen added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 5 min. Keeping thereaction mixture at 0° C., iodine (1.24 g, 4.87 mmol, 1.1 equiv.) wasslowly added as a solid over 30 min until the red-brown color persisted.The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 30 min at 0° C.before quenching with sat. Na₂S₂O₃ (aq.) (50 mL). After vigorouslystirring the quenched reaction mixture for 10 min, it was dilutedfurther with EtOAc (100 mL) and the product was extracted with EtOAc(3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄and concentrated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue waspurified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (35% EtOAc/hexanes) providing thetitle compound as a light yellow oil (222 mg, 25%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 4.71 (bs, 1H), 2.97 (q, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 1.48 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 2H),1.36 (s, 9H), 0.97 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 156.10, 79.63,36.03, 35.00, 28.61, 24.66, 20.15; MS (ESI+) m/z calc'd for C₉H₁₈N₃O₂[M+H]⁺: 200.1, found 200.2.

2-(3-Methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethan-1-aminium 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate (21)

Note: The title compound was synthesized immediately before coupling toalkyne fatty acids (see below). Diazirine 20 (0.1-0.4 mmol) wasdissolved in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL/mmol of starting material) andcooled to 0° C. While stirring, TFA (0.5 mL/mmol of starting material)was added and the reaction was monitored by TLC. Upon completeconsumption of starting material, the reaction mixture was concentratedunder a stream of N₂. To remove residual amounts of TFA, the residue wasrepetitively redissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (˜5 mL) and concentrated (3×) andfinally placed under high vacuum for 1 h. The remaining residue was usedin subsequent reactions without further purification.

(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraen-19-ynamide(A-DA)

To a stirring solution of carboxylic acid 17 (34 mg, 0.113 mmol, 1.0equiv.) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (20 mg, 0.170 mmol, 1.5 equiv) inanhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL) was added EDCI (33 mg, 0.170, 1.5 equiv.). Thereaction mixture was stirred for 12 h at which point the startingmaterial was completely consumed as judged by TLC (30% EtOAc/hexanes,1.0% HCO₂H). The reaction mixture was poured into a separatory funnelwith brine (25 mL) and product extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×25 mL). Thecombined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure and this crude NHS ester was usedwithout further purification.

The above-synthesized NHS ester was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) beforeadding TEA (32 μL, 0.226 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) and amine 21 (48 mg, 0.226mmol, 2.0 equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL). After stirring for 1 h at roomtemperature, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure andthe remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (50%EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as a colorless oil (37 mg,85%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.45 (bs, 1H), 5.43-5.31 (m, 8H), 3.16(q, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 2.86-2.74 (m, 6H), 2.22-2.15 (m, 6H), 2.12 (q, J=6.3Hz, 2H), 1.96 (t, J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 1.72 (p, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.63-1.57 (m,4H), 1.05 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 172.96, 129.24, 129.09,128.97, 128.91, 128.50, 128.33, 128.32, 128.15, 84.53, 68.58, 36.22,34.75, 34.23, 28.46, 26.81, 26.30, 25.80, 25.79 (2C), 25.57, 24.65,19.96, 18.00; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₄H₃₆N₃O [M+H]⁺: 382.2853,found 382.2854.

Synthesis of O-DA

Methyl (Z)-octadec-9-en-17-ynoate (22)

To a mixture of non-8-yn-1-yltriphenylphosphonium iodide (2.45 g, 4.79mmol, 1.8 equiv.) in anhydrous THF (30 mL) at −78° C. under N₂ was addedNaHMDS (4.3 mL, 4.26 mmol, 1.0 M in THF, 1.6 equiv.). The resultingorange solution was allowed to warm to room temperature. After stirringfor an additional 2 h at room temperature, the reaction mixture wascooled to −100° C. and freshly prepared methyl 9-oxononanoate(Zhang etal., 2006) (495 mg, 2.66 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in anhydrous THF (25.0 mL)was added drop-wise over 15 min and after stirring for an additional 1 hat −100° C., the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to roomtemperature overnight (˜12 h). The reaction was then concentrated underreduced pressure and the remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flashchromatography (5% EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as acolorless oil (335 mg, 43%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.33 (t, J=4.8Hz, 2H), 3.65 (s, 3H), 2.29 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.17 (td, J=7.0, 2.0 Hz,2H), 1.99 (p, J=6.0 Hz, 4H), 1.92 (s, 1H), 1.60 (p, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 1.51(p, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.39 (p, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.36-1.25 (m, 12H); ¹³C NMR(151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 175.12, 130.74, 130.60, 85.55, 68.92, 52.27, 34.93,30.51, 30.41, 30.00, 29.96, 29.92, 29.57, 29.48, 29.30, 28.00, 27.96,25.78, 19.23; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₉H₃₃O₂ [M+H]⁺: 293.2475,found 293.2476.

(Z)—N-(2-(3-methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-9-en-17-ynamide (O-DA)

Hydrolysis of methyl ester. Methyl ester 22 (127 mg, 0.43 mmol, 1.0equiv.) was dissolved in 1,4-dioxane (3.0 mL), and NaOH (2.2 mL, 2.2mmol, 1.0 M in H₂O, 5.0 equiv.) was added. The reaction mixture wasstirred at room temperature for 4 h and then transferred to a separatoryfunnel containing EtOAc (25 mL) and 0.1 M HCl (25 mL). The product wasextracted with EtOAc (3×25 mL) and the combined organic layers weredried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. Theremaining residue was passed through a silica plug (50% EtOAc/hexanes,1% HCO₂H) and used without further purification.

NHS-Carbamate Formation.

To a stirring solution of (Z)-octadec-9-en-17-ynoic acid (57 mg, 0.20mmol, 1.0 equiv.) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (26 mg, 0.31 mmol, 1.5 equiv)in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL) was added EDCI (59 mg, 0.31, 1.5 equiv.).The reaction mixture was stirred for 12 h at which point the startingmaterial was completely consumed as judged by TLC (30% EtOAc/hexanes,1.0% HCO₂H). The reaction mixture was poured into a separatory funnelwith brine (25 mL) and product extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×25 mL). Thecombined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure and this crude NHS ester was usedwithout further purification.

Amide Formation.

The above-synthesized NHS ester was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) beforeadding TEA (56 μL, 0.40 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) and amine 21 (85 mg, 0.40mmol, 2.0 equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL). After stirring for 1 h at roomtemperature, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure andthe remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (50%EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as a colorless oil (63 mg,87%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.54 (bs, 1H), 5.36-5.29 (m, 2H), 3.15(q, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.15 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 4H), 2.03-1.96 (m, 4H), 1.93 (s,1H), 1.65-1.56 (m, 4H), 1.50 (p, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.39 (p, J=6.1 Hz, 2H),1.35-1.22 (m, 12H), 1.03 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.27,130.01, 129.88, 84.88, 68.21, 36.90, 34.69, 34.22, 29.80, 29.68, 29.37(2C), 29.25, 28.84, 28.75, 28.57, 27.29, 27.23, 25.79, 24.62, 19.93,18.50; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₂H₃₈N₃O [M+H]⁺: 360.3009, found360.3008.

Synthesis of S-DA

N-(2-(3-Methyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)ethyl)octadec-17-ynamide (S-DA)

NHS-Carbamate Formation.

To a stirring solution of commercially available 17-octadecynoic acid(10 mg, 0.036 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (6.1 mg, 0.053mmol, 1.5 equiv) in anhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) was added EDCI (10 mg,0.053, 1.5 equiv.). The reaction mixture was stirred for 12 h at whichpoint the starting material was completely consumed as judged by TLC(35% EtOAc/hexanes, 1.0% HCO₂H). The reaction mixture was poured into aseparatory funnel with brine (25 mL) and product extracted with CH₂Cl₂(3×25 mL). The combined organic layers were then dried over anhydrousNa₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure and this crude NHS esterwas used without further purification.

Amide Formation.

The above-synthesized NHS ester was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL) beforeadding TEA (10 μL, 0.072 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) amine 21 (15 mg, 0.072 mmol,2.0 equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL). After stirring for 1 h at roomtemperature, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure andthe remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (50%EtOAc/hexanes) providing the title compound as a white solid (10 mg,77%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.43 (bs, 1H), 3.17 (q, J=6.7 Hz, 2H),2.22-2.13 (m, 4H), 1.93 (t, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 1.68-1.56 (m, 4H), 1.52 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.39 (p, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 1.31-1.23 (m, 20H), 1.05 (s, 3H);¹³C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.32, 84.99, 68.17, 36.99, 34.73, 34.25,29.85, 29.79, 29.75, 29.65, 29.64, 29.50, 29.44, 29.27, 28.92, 28.65,25.84, 24.67, 19.98, 18.55; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₂H₄₀N₃₀[M+H]⁺: 362.3166, found 362.3168.

FI-AEA Synthesis

2-(6-(Dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((5-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamido)pentyl)carbamoyl)benzoate(F1-AEA)

To a stirring solution of arachidonic acid (420 mg, 1.38 mmol, 1.0equiv.) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (238 mg, 2.07 mmol, 1.5 equiv) inanhydrous CH₂Cl₂ (10 mL) was added EDCI (397 mg, 2.07, 1.5 equiv.). Thereaction mixture was stirred for 12 h at which point the startingmaterial was completely consumed as judged by TLC (30% EtOAc/hexanes,1.0% HCO₂H). The reaction mixture was poured into a separatory funnelwith brine (25 mL) and product extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×25 mL). Thecombined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting residue passedthrough a pad of silica (50% EtOAc/hexanes). A portion of theconcentrated eluent was used in the following step.

The above-synthesized NHS ester (15 mg, 0.038 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) wasdissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL) and 5-TAMRA-cadavarine 21 (10 mg, 0.019mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL). After stirring overnight at roomtemperature under N₂, the reaction was concentrated under reducedpressure and the remaining residue was purified by prep. TLC (15%MeOH/CH₂Cl₂) providing the title compound as a dark red oil (9.2 mg,60%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.41 (s, 1H), 8.20 (dd, J=8.0, 1.6 Hz,1H), 7.25 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.82 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 6.57 (d, J=8.8 Hz,2H), 6.48 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 2H), 6.38 (dd, J=8.9, 2.6 Hz, 2H), 5.61 (t,J=5.4 Hz, 1H), 5.43-5.29 (m, 8H), 3.50 (q, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.26 (q, J=6.6Hz, 2H), 2.98 (s, 12H), 2.84-2.76 (m, 6H), 2.18 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.08(q, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.04 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.69 (p, J=7.3 Hz, 4H), 1.55(p, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.42 (p, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.37-1.26 (m, 6H), 0.88 (t,J=6.9 Hz, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 173.33, 169.30, 166.30,155.41, 153.13, 152.37, 136.39, 134.36, 130.66, 129.31, 128.85, 128.82,128.73, 128.35, 128.33, 128.28, 128.00, 127.66, 124.81, 123.02, 108.90,106.32, 98.62, 40.39, 40.17, 39.08, 36.31, 31.66, 29.85, 29.47, 28.90,27.37, 26.83, 25.78, 25.77, 24.01, 22.72, 14.24.

Example III NUCB1 Ligand Synthesis

Representative Procedure A:

Acyl Chloride Formation:

To a stirring mixture of 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid(110 mg, 0.39 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in CHCl₃ (5.0 mL) under N₂ was addedSOCl₂ (37 μL, 0.51 mmol, 1.3 equiv.) followed by DMF (˜10 μL). Thereaction mixture was heated to reflux for 1 h and then concentratedunder a stream of N₂ and then under reduced pressure providing the crudeacyl chloride which was used without further purification.

Amide Formation:

To a stirring solution of amine (0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) and NMM (42 μL,0.36 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (2.0 mL) was added a solution of5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27 mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0equiv.) in CH₂Cl₂ (1.0 mL). The reaction was stirred for 1 h at roomtemperature and then concentrated under a stream of N2. The crudeproduct was purified by prep. TLC.

1-Methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbohydrazide (2)

To a stirring solution of methyl1-methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (25 mg, 0.081 mmol,1.0 equiv.) in MeOH (3.0 mL) was added hydrazine monohydrate (41 mg,0.81 mmol, 10 equiv.). The reaction mixture was then heated to 50° C.,stirred overnight and concentrated under a stream of N2. The product waspurified by prep. TLC [MeOH:EtOAc:CH₂Cl₂ (5:45:50)] providing the titlecompound as a yellow solid (19 mg, 76%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.51(d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.24 (dd, J=9.2, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.38 (m, 6H), 6.87(bs, 1H), 4.07 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 163.38, 143.45,141.18, 132.52, 131.09, 130.63, 130.35, 129.45, 126.44, 122.11, 120.65,119.31, 111.12, 30.55; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₁₅N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺:311.1144, found 311.1142.

Methyl 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (3)

In a RBF, anhydrous MeOH (10 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and acetyl chloride(2.0 mL) was carefully added drop-wise over 10 min while the reactionwas vigorously stirred. The resulting methanolic HCl solution was thenallowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 15 min before adding5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid (99 mg, 0.35 mmol, 1.0equiv.). The reaction mixture was then heated to 50° C., stirredovernight and concentrated under a stream of N2. The product waspurified by prep. TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) providing the title compound asa yellow solid (75 mg, 72%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 8.48(d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.58-7.32 (m, 6H), 3.42(s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, D20) 6 162.08, 142.40, 138.94, 132.16,130.36, 128.20, 127.90, 127.08, 126.24, 125.67, 120.53, 119.37, 112.48,52.05; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₁₃N₂O₄ [M+H]⁺: 297.0875, found297.0869.

5-Nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (4)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from ammonium hydroxide (36 μL, 0.90 mmol, 10 equiv.) and5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27 mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (20%EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (21 mg,83%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 8.35 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.14(dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.43 (m, 6H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, 9:1CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 143.04, 139.21, 132.78, 131.06, 130.34, 129.86, 129.65,128.26, 122.44, 120.73, 119.35, 113.26; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₁₅H₁₂N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 282.0879, found 282.0873.

N-Methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (5)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from methylamine (225 μL, 0.45 mmol, 2.0 M in THF, 5.0 equiv.) and5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27 mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (20%EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (23 mg,87%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 8.27 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.04(dd, J=9.1, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.47-7.37 (m, 6H), 2.68 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 161.96, 142.16, 138.16, 131.89, 130.15, 129.51,129.43, 128.75, 127.27, 120.24, 119.66, 118.27, 112.30, 26.08; HRMS(ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₁₄N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 296.1035, found 296.1030.

N-Isopropyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (6)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from isopropylamine (15 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL, 0.36mmol, 4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep.TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (25mg, 86%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.44 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.21 (dd,J=9.0, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.68-7.43 (m, 6H), 5.90 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 4.23(hept, J=6.7 Hz, 1H), 1.06 (d, J=6.6 Hz, 6H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ160.40, 142.62, 138.18, 132.09, 130.63, 130.63, 129.97, 129.73, 129.71,129.22, 127.75, 120.34, 120.04, 118.59, 112.47, 77.16, 42.16, 22.47;HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₈H₁₈N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 324.1343, found324.1341.

N-Cyclopentyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (7)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from cyclopentylamine (18 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL, 0.36mmol, 4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep.TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (27mg, 87 ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 10.92 (s, 1H), 8.42 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H),8.21 (dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.66-7.45 (m, 6H), 6.03 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 1H),4.37 (dtd, J=11.9, 7.0, 5.0 Hz, 1H), 1.94-1.84 (m, 2H), 1.61-1.52 (m,2H), 1.46-1.36 (m, 2H), 1.29-1.19 (m, 2H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ160.54, 142.63, 138.07, 132.18, 130.60, 130.04, 129.76, 129.25, 127.83,120.26, 120.04, 118.56, 112.45, 77.16, 51.75, 33.07, 23.42, 23.39; HRMS(ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₀N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 350.1499, found 350.1500.

N-Benzyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (8)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from benzylamine (20 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL, 0.36mmol, 4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep.TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (30mg, 90%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.41 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (dd,J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.54-7.46 (m, 5H), 7.42 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.35-7.28(m, 3H), 7.16-7.11 (m, 2H), 6.44 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 4.57 (d, J=5.7 Hz,2H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 161.32, 142.67, 138.18, 137.13, 131.87,130.50, 129.85, 129.42, 129.22, 128.93, 127.85, 127.77, 127.35, 120.84,120.23, 118.66, 112.54, 77.16, 43.98; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₂H₁₈N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 372.1343, found 372.1345.

N,N-Diethyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (9)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from diethylamine (18 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL, 0.36mmol, 4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep.TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (24mg, 78%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 10.21 (s, 1H), 8.71 (d, J=2.2 Hz,1H), 8.16 (dd, J=9.0, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.56-7.46 (m, 5H), 7.45-7.39 (m, 1H),3.54 (s, 2H), 3.05 (s, 2H), 1.18 (s, 3H), 0.66 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (151MHz, CDCl₃) δ 163.46, 142.11, 138.25, 132.19, 130.19, 128.78, 128.65,127.47, 125.10, 118.68, 118.21, 117.35, 111.41, 42.65, 38.87, 12.84,11.69; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₉H₂₀N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺: 338.1499, found338.1496.

(5-Nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)(piperidin-1-yl)methanone (10)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from piperidine (18 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL, 0.36 mmol,4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl chloride (27 mg,0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC(20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (16 mg,51%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 8.71 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.18(d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 5H), 7.45-7.39 (m, 1H), 3.61 (s,2H), 3.08-3.00 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.36 (m, 4H), 0.85 (s, 2H); ¹³C NMR (151MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 163.21, 142.42, 139.11, 132.82, 130.20, 129.27,129.25, 127.86, 125.43, 119.08, 117.85, 112.14, 48.38, 43.37, 25.27,25.08, 24.15; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₀N₃O₃ [M+H]⁺:350.1499, found 350.1503.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone (11,MJN228)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-methylpiperazine (20 μL, 0.18 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), NMM (42 μL,0.36 mmol, 4.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carbonylchloride (27 mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crudeproduct by prep. TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as ayellow solid (26 mg, 79%): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 8.60 (d,J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.49-7.32 (m, 6H), 3.61(bs, 2H), 3.06 (bs, 2H), 2.27 (bs, 2H), 2.05 (s, 3H), 1.56 (bs, 2H); ¹³CNMR (151 MHz, 9:1 CDCl₃:CD₃OD) δ 164.00, 143.13, 139.90, 133.42, 130.26,130.12, 130.03, 128.69, 126.03, 120.17, 119.91, 118.52, 112.96, 54.45,47.53, 46.28, 42.65; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₁N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺:365.1614, found 365.1607.

(4-Isopropylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(12)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-isopropylpiperazine (9.4 μL, 0.066 mmol, 1.9 equiv.), NMM (10μL, 0.091 mmol, 2.6 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylicacid (9.8 mg, 0.035 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude productby prep. TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a yellowsolid (9.3 mg, 68%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 10.78 (s, 1H), 8.67 (s,1H), 8.17 (dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.59-7.47 (m, 5H), 7.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz,1H), 3.75 (bs, 2H), 3.15 (bs, 2H), 2.64-2.51 (m, 1H), 2.46 (bs, 2H),1.72 (bs, 2H), 0.89 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 6H); ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃) δ163.14, 142.69, 139.09, 132.80, 129.59, 129.56, 128.18, 125.69, 119.96,119.50, 118.03, 112.19, 18.25; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₂H₂₅N₄O₃[M+H]⁺: 393.1921, found 393.1921.

(4-Cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(13)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-cyclopentylpiperazine (6.9 μL, 0.044 mmol, 1.2 equiv.), NMM (5μL, 0.045 mmol, 1.2 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylicacid (10.4 mg, 0.046 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crudeproduct by prep. TLC (10% MeOH/CH₂Cl₂ then 10% MeOH/EtOAc) provided thetitle compound as a yellow solid (8.9 mg, 57%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃)δ 10.54 (s, 1H), 8.68 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.18 (dd, J=9.0, 2.2 Hz, 1H),7.56-7.47 (m, 5H), 7.47-7.40 (m, 1H), 3.76 (s, 2H), 3.13 (s, 2H), 2.44(s, 2H), 2.32 (p, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 1.73 (d, J=17.9 Hz, 3H), 1.66-1.58 (m,1H), 1.54-1.42 (m, 2H), 1.25 (s, 4H); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₄H₂₇N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺: 419.2078, found 419.2077.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone (14)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-methylpiperazine (30 μL, 0.266 mmol, 2.6 equiv.) and3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid (24.7 mg, 0.104 mmol, 1.0 equiv.).Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (20% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂)provided the title compound as a white foam (27.5 mg, 83%): ¹H NMR (500MHz, CDCl₃) δ 9.92 (m, 1H), 7.75 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.52-7.49 (m, 2H),7.45 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 3H), 7.37-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.28 (ddd, J=8.2, 7.0, 1.1Hz, 1H), 7.15 (ddd, J=8.0, 7.0, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 3.72 (bs, 2H), 3.14 (bs,2H), 2.32 (bs, 2H), 2.11 (s, 3H), 1.63 (bs, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, DMSO)δ 164.35, 136.20, 134.47, 129.66, 129.07, 127.20, 126.65, 126.16,124.11, 120.78, 120.28, 117.92, 112.00, 77.16, 53.93, 47.09 (b), 45.71,42.28 (b); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₁N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺: 320.1757,found 320.1757.

(5-Chloro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methanone (15)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-methylpiperazine (30 μL, 0.266 mmol, 2.4 equiv.) and5-chloro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid (30.6 mg, 0.113 mmol, 1.0equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (10% MeOH/EtOAc)provided the title compound as a white solid (29.9 mg, 75% over twosteps): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 10.27 (s, 1H), 7.69 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H),7.51-7.43 (m, 4H), 7.41-7.34 (m, 2H), 7.21 (dd, J=8.7, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 3.73(bs, 2H), 3.12 (bs, 2H), 2.33 (bs, 2H), 2.11 (s, 3H), 1.63 (bs, 2H).HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₀H₂₁ClN₃O [M+H]⁺: 354.1368, found354.1370.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-(methylsulfonyl)-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(16)

The title compound was synthesized in three steps beginning with methyl5-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylate:

Bromoindole Formation.

To a stirring solution of methyl5-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (283.1 mg, 1.12 mmol, 1.0equiv.) in THF (7.0 mL) was added N-bromosuccinimide (241.0 mg, 1.35mmol, 1.2 equiv). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperaturefor 1 h then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was takenup in EtOAc (10 mL), washed with saturated NaHCO₃(10 mL), and theaqueous layer further extracted with EtOAc (2×10 mL). The organic layerswere combined, dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reducedpressure. Purification of the crude by flash chromatography (30%EtOAc/hexanes) provided methyl3-bromo-5-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylate as a white solid(350.8 mg, 94%): ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 9.29 (s, 1H), 8.37 (s, 1H),7.98-7.85 (m, 1H), 7.57 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 4.03 (s, 3H), 3.11 (s, 3H).

Phenylindole Formation:

Methyl 3-bromo-5-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (99.0 mg,0.307 mmol, 1 equiv.), phenylboronic acid (74.9 mg, 0.614 mmol, 2equiv.), sodium carbonate (65.1 mg, 0.614 mmol, 2 equiv.), andtetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (10 mg, 3 mol %) were suspendedin toluene (2 mL) and water (1 mL) under N₂. The mixture was heated to60° C. and stirred for 18 h. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (5×5mL) and the combined organic layers dried over Na₂SO₄ then concentratedunder reduced pressure. Purification of the crude by flashchromatography (2-5% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂) provided methyl5-(methylsulfonyl)-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate as a white solid(26.9 mg, 27%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 9.45 (s, 1H), 8.28 (dt, J=1.7,0.7 Hz, 1H), 7.89 (dd, J=8.7, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.60 (dd, J=8.7, 0.7 Hz, 1H),7.55-7.41 (m, 5H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 3.06 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃)δ 161.96, 137.76, 133.39, 132.02, 130.52, 128.40, 128.14, 127.77,125.72, 124.93, 123.96, 123.37, 112.91, 77.16, 52.35, 45.17.

Amide Formation:

Methyl 5-(methylsulfonyl)-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (5.0 mg,0.0152 mmol, 1 equiv.) was dissolved in 1-methylpiperaine (300 μL) andheated at 100° C. for 48 h in a tightly-capped vial under N₂. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated underreduced pressure. Purification of the crude by prep. TLC (10%MeOH/CH₂Cl₂) provided the title compound as a white solid (1.9 mg, 31%):¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 9.34 (s, 1H), 8.38 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.84(dd, J=8.6, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.58 (dd, J=8.6, 0.7 Hz, 1H), 7.54-7.46 (m,4H), 7.45-7.39 (m, 1H), 3.71 (bs, 2H), 3.09 (bs, 2H), 2.33 (bs, 2H),2.13 (s, 3H), 1.65 (bs, 3H); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₁H₂₄N₃O₃S[M+H]⁺: 398.1533, found 398.1537.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(17)

Bromoindole 20 (9.0 mg, 0.0245 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)boronic acid (9.0 mg, 0.0437 mmol, 1.8equiv.), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (10 mg, 3 mol %)were dissolved in 1:1:1 water:toluene:ethanol (1 mL) and heated at 100°C. for 24 h in a tightly-capped vial under N₂. After cooling to roomtemperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with saturated sodiumbicarbonate (5 mL), extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×5 mL). The combined organiclayers were dried over Na₂SO₄ then concentrated under reduced pressure.Purification of the crude by prep. TLC (10% MeOH/EtOAc) provided thetitle compound as a yellow solid (4.5 mg, 41%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃)δ 9.65 (s, 1H), 8.64 (s, 1H), 8.22 (ddd, J=9.0, 2.2, 1.2 Hz, 1H),7.56-7.50 (m, 3H), 7.43-7.38 (m, 2H), 3.71 (bs, 1H), 3.15 (bs, 1H), 2.34(bs, 1H), 2.14 (s, 3H), 1.59 (bs, 4H), 1.25 (bs, 1H); HRMS (ESI-TOF+)m/z calc'd for C₂₁H₂₀F₃N₄O₄ [M+H]⁺: 449.1431, found 449.1430.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(18)

Bromoindole 20 (29.8 mg, 0.0812 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),(4-phenoxyphenyl)boronic acid (35.1 mg, 0.164 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), lithiumchloride (˜10 mg) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (10.1 mg,10 mol %) were dissolved in 1:1:1 2M sodium bicarbonate:toluene:ethanol(1 mL) and heated at 80° C. for 24 h in a tightly-capped vial under N₂.After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted withsaturated sodium bicarbonate (5 mL), extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×5 mL). Thecombined organic layers were dried over Na₂SO₄ then concentrated underreduced pressure. Purification of the crude by prep. TLC (10%MeOH/EtOAc) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (8.9 mg, 24%):¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 10.15 (s, 1H), 8.67 (s, 1H), 8.19 (dd, J=9.0,2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.47-7.38 (m, 4H), 7.21-7.10 (m,5H), 3.76 (bs, 2H), 3.19 (bs, 2H), 2.38 (bs, 2H), 2.21 (s, 3H), 1.80(bs, 2H); ¹³C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 163.14, 157.85, 156.63, 142.77,138.89, 130.86, 130.11, 129.33, 127.27, 125.88, 124.10, 119.69, 119.63,119.52, 119.42, 118.05, 112.11, 77.16, 54.24, 47.38 (b), 46.02, 42.58(b); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₆H₂₅N₄O₄ [M+H]⁺: 457.1870, found457.1872.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-3-(4-(piperidine-1-carbonyl)phenyl)-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone(19)

Bromoindole 20 (10.0 mg, 0.0272 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),(4-(piperidine-1-carbonyl)phenyl)boronic acid (16.3 mg, 0.0699 mmol, 2.6equiv.), lithium chloride (˜10 mg) andtetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (3 mg, 10 mol %) were dissolvedin 1:1:1 2M sodium bicarbonate:toluene:ethanol (1 mL) and heated at 80°C. for 24 h in a tightly-capped vial under N₂. After cooling to roomtemperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with saturated sodiumbicarbonate (5 mL), extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×5 mL). The combined organiclayers were dried over Na₂SO₄ then concentrated under reduced pressure.Purification of the crude by prep. TLC (10% MeOH/CH₂Cl₂) provided thetitle compound as a yellow solid (4.1 mg, 32%): ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃)δ 9.65 (s, 1H), 8.70 (s, 1H), 8.22 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 7.60-7.48 (m, 5H),3.75 (bs, 4H), 3.47 (bs, 2H), 3.15 (bs, 2H), 2.35 (bs, 3H), 2.14 (s,2H), 1.67 (m, 8H); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₆H₃₀N₅O₄ [M+H]⁺:476.2292, found 476.2292.

(3-Bromo-5-nitro-1H-indol-2-yl)(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methanone (20)

The title compound was synthesized according to Representative ProcedureA from 1-methylpiperazine (58 μL, 0.64 mmol, 1.8 equiv.), NMM (76 μL,0.70 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) and 5-nitro-3-bromo-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid(101.9 mg, 0.35 mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product byflash chromatography (10% EtOAc/MeOH) provided the title compound as ayellow solid (115.4 mg, 88% over two steps): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ8.35 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.13 (dd, J=9.0, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.62 (d, J=9.0 Hz,1H), 3.68 (bs, 2H), 3.41 (bs, 2H), 2.44-2.30 (bm, 4H), 2.21 (s, 3H); ¹³CNMR (151 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 160.25, 141.77, 138.29, 133.47, 125.46, 118.77,115.84, 113.43, 90.71, 55.04, 54.13, 46.86, 45.60, 41.72, 39.52; HRMS(ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₁₄H₁₆BrN₄O₃ [M+H]⁺: 367.0400, found 367.0398.

(4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl)(5-nitro-1H-indol-2-yl)methanone (21)

The title compound was synthesized in three steps beginning with ethyl5-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate:

Ester Hydrolysis:

A stirring suspension of ethyl 5-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (190 mg,0.811 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in 2M NaOH (2 mL, 4.9 equiv.) was heated toreflux until the solids dissolved and then for an additional 1 h. Thesolution was allowed to cool to room temperature and IN HCl (4 mL) wasadded dropwise till no further precipitation of a pale yellow solid wasobserved. The crude was collected by filtration and dried under reducedpressure to give quantitative yield of the acid which was carried on tothe next step without further purification.

Acyl Chloride and Amide Formation:

Synthesis of the title compound was completed according toRepresentative Procedure A from 1-methylpiperazine (30 μL, 0.27 mmol,2.7 equiv.), NMM (30 μL, 0.27 mmol, 2.7 equiv.) and5-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid (29 mg, 0.10 mmol, 1.0 equiv.).Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (10% MeOH/EtOAc) providedthe title compound as a pale yellow solid (9.9 mg, 33% over two steps):¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 9.91 (s, 1H), 8.63 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.18(dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.48 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 6.94 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H),3.97 (bs, 4H), 2.53 (dd, J=5.0 Hz, 4H), 2.37 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (151 MHz,CDCl₃) δ 161.63, 142.54, 138.67, 132.52, 126.70, 119.76, 119.42, 112.15,107.16, 55.08, 47.42 (b), 46.17, 43.09 (b); HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'dfor C₁₄H₁₇N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺: 289.1295, found 289.1294.

(1-Methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indol-2-yl)(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methanone(22)

The title compound was synthesized in three steps beginning with5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid:

Per-Methylation and Hydrolysis:

To a stirring solution of 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid(48.8 mg, 0.173 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in DMF (2 mL) was sodium hydride (60%dispersion in mineral oil, 24 mg, 0.36 mmol, 3.5 equiv.) portion-wise.After 10 min, methyl iodide (105 μL, 1.69 mmol, 9.8 equiv.) was addedand the reaction mixture heated to 50° C. for 16 h. The reaction mixturewas concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The crude from themethylation reaction was taken up in aqueous NaOH (1 N, 2 mL) and heatedto 80° C. for 24 h. After allowing the mixture to cool to roomtemperature, aqueous HCl was added (4 mL) until no further precipitationwas observed. The crude product was collected by filtration, washed withEt₂O (3×5 mL), and dried under reduced pressure to give quantitativeyield of 1-methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid as ayellow solid. LRMS (ESI−) m/z calc'd for C₁₆H₁₁N₂O₄ [M−H]⁻: 295, found295. The crude product was used in the next step without purification.

Acyl Chloride and Amide Formation:

Synthesis of the title compound was completed according toRepresentative Procedure A from 1-methylpiperazine (15 μL, 0.133 mmol,1.2 equiv.), NMM (15 μL, 0.136 mmol, 1.3 equiv.) and crude1-methyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid (31.7 mg, 0.107mmol, 1.0 equiv.). Purification of the crude product by prep. TLC (10%MeOH/EtOAc) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (28.0 mg, 69%over two steps): ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.70 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.20(dd, J=9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.48 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 4H), 7.42 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H),7.41-7.37 (m, 1H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 3.85-3.82 (m, 1H), 3.67-3.60 (m, 1H),3.21-3.14 (m, 1H), 3.03-2.97 (m, 1H), 2.44-2.37 (m, 1H), 2.22-2.15 (m,1H), 2.09 (s, 3H), 2.02-1.95 (m, 1H), 1.27-1.18 (m, 1H); ¹³C NMR (151MHz, CDCl₃) δ 161.82, 142.60, 140.14, 132.56, 132.47, 129.39, 129.10,127.89, 124.91, 118.94, 118.46, 117.85, 110.09, 110.04, 77.16, 54.20,54.06, 46.81, 45.86, 41.90, 31.60; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₁H₂₃N₄O₃ [M+H]⁺: 379.1765, found 379.1767.

Example IV Synthesis of Sterol Probes

(4R)-4-((3R,5R,10R,13R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoicacid (1)

To a stirred solution of hyodeoxycholic acid (10.0 g, 25.5 mmol, 1equiv) in glacial acetic acid (135 ml) was added an aqueous solution ofpotassium chromate (4.95 g, 1 equiv, in 12 ml) dropwise at roomtemperature. The resulting solution was stirred at room temperatureovernight, before being diluted slowly with sat. aq. NaHCO₃(100 ml) andwater (200 ml) on ice. The resulting suspension was stirred to roomtemperature for 1 h before being extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×). Thecombined organic extracts were dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated underreduced pressure. The residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography(5% MeOH/CH₂Cl₂) to provide the title compound (6.18 g, 62%). The titlecompound was recrystallized from aqueous MeOH by vapor diffusion toobtain a diffraction-quality crystal, and its structure was determinedby X-ray diffraction (FIG. 17b , purple). ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 3.64(bm, 1H), 2.39 (m 1H), 2.27 (m, 1H), 2.18 (m, 1H), 2.12 (m, 1H), 2.04(m, 1H), 1.0-1.91 (mm, 23H), 0.94 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.84 (s, 3H), 0.65(s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 214.7, 179.4, 71.1, 60.2, 57.7,56.6, 44.0, 43.8, 40.8, 40.5, 39.5, 37.9, 36.1, 35.8, 35.5, 31.5, 31.0,28.9, 24.8, 24.0, 21.7, 19.1, 12.8, 0.9; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₄H₃₉O₄ [M+H]⁺: 391.2843, found 391.2846.

(4R)-methyl 4-((3R,5S,10R,13R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoate(2)

Intermediate 1 (1.0 g, 2.56 mmol, 1 equiv) was dissolved in anhydrous 2N HCl in MeOH (10 ml), and the resulting solution was allowed toequilibrate overnight. At this time, the solution was neutralizedcarefully with sat. aq. NaHCO₃(20 ml) and the mixed diastereomers wereextracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×). The combined organic extracts were driedover Na₂SO₄ and concentrated in vacuo. The title compound was obtained(537 mg, 52%) as a single diastereomer (>95% by ¹H NMR) after tworecrystallizations from aqueous MeOH. ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 4.16(sm, 1H), 3.66 (s, 3H), 2.71 (m, 1H) 2.30 (m, 1H), 2.28 (m, 1H), 2.21(m, 1H), 2.00 (m, 2H), 1.87 (m, 1H), 1.79 (m, 2H), 1.70 (m, 2H),1.0-1.69 (mm, 17H), 0.92 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.72 (s, 3H), 0.65 (s, 3H);¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 213.6, 175.5, 66.3, 57.6, 56.7, 54.6, 52.5,52.4, 48.7, 44.6, 42.2, 40.1, 38.8, 35.7, 32.5, 31.9, 31.8, 28.8, 28.6,28.5, 24.8, 21.9, 19.1, 13.2, 12.9; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₅H₄₀O₄ [M+H]⁺: 405.2999, found 405.2998.

(4R)-4-((3R,5S,10R,13R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoicacid (3)

The title compound was prepared using the base hydrolysis proceduredescribed in the preparation of 6. Intermediate 2 (76.1 mg, 0.171 mmol,1 equiv) yielded 3 (63 mg, 94%), which was used without furtherpurification. A diffraction-quality crystal was obtained byrecrystallization of the crude material from CH₂Cl₂ and pentane by vapordiffusion and the structure of the title compound was determined byX-ray diffraction (FIG. 17b , cyan). ¹H NMR (600 MHz, D₃OD/CDCl₃) d 4.03(sm, 1H), 2.74 (m, 1H), 2.20 (m, 2H), 2.07 (m, 2H), 1.88 (m, 1H), 1.78(m, 2H), 1.0-1.67 (mm, 20H), 0.96 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.72 (s, 3H), 0.70(s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (150 MHz, D3OD/CDCl₃) d 215.1, 175.0, 65.5, 57.4, 56.9,54.5, 52.3, 47.1, 42.1, 40.3, 38.9, 36.6, 35.8, 33.3, 32.3, 28.5, 28.2,27.9, 24.4, 21.6, 18.3, 12.1, 11.9; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₄H₃₈O₄ [M+H]⁺: 391.2843, found 391.3843.

(4R)-methyl4-((3R,5S,10R,13R,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-3-((methylsulfonyl)oxy)-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoate(4)

To a stirred solution of 2 (537 mg, 1.33 mmol, 1 equiv) in CH₂Cl₂ (7 ml)at 0° C. was added Hunig's base (515 ml, 3 equiv), catalytic DMAP andmesyl chloride (160 ml, 1.5 equiv; dropwise). The resulting solution waswarmed to room temperature and stirred for 4 h before dilution withCH₂Cl₂ (10 ml) and subsequently quenched by vigorous stirring in water(10 ml). The phases from the quenched reaction were separated, and theorganic phase was washed with sat. aq. NaHCO₃, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated in vacuo. The title compound (640 mg, 99%) was obtained asa following purification by SiO₂ flash chromatography (40%EtOAc/hexanes). ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 5.04 (sm, 1H), 3.66 (s, 3H),2.99 (s, 3H), 2.63 (m, 1H), 2.38 (m, 1H), 2.31 (m, 1H), 2.25 (m, 1H),1.0-2.04 (mm, 22H), 0.93 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.74 (s, 3H), 0.66 (s, 3H);¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 211.2, 174.7, 78.8, 56.7, 55.7, 53.5, 51.9,51.5, 46.6, 43.0, 41.1, 38.5, 37.9, 37.2, 35.3, 31.7, 31.0, 30.9, 27.9,26.2, 25.7, 23.3, 22.2, 18.2, 12.5, 12.0; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd forC₂₆H₄₂O₆S [M+Na]⁺: 505.2594, found 505.2597.

(4R)-methyl4-((3S,5S,10R,13R,17R)-3-acetoxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoate(5)

To a stirred solution of 4 (640 mg, 1.33 mmol, 1 equiv) in toluene (2.8ml) was added a pre-mixed solution of DBU (640 ml, 3 equiv) and glacialacetic acid (504 ml, 6 equiv) in toluene (1 ml) dropwise. The resultingsolution was heated with stirring at 80° C. for 6 h. The solution wasthen cooled to room temperature, diluted with EtOAc (10 ml), and washedfirst with aq. 1 N HCl, water, and then with sat. aq. NaHCO₃. Theresulting organic phase was dried (Na₂SO₄) and concentrated in vacuo.The remaining residue was purified by SiO₂ flash chromatography (20%EtOAc/hexanes) to provide the title compound (503 mg, 85%). ¹H NMR (600MHz, CDCl₃) δ 4.67 (bm, 1H), 3.66 (s, 1H), 2.3 (m, 4H), 2.04 (m, 1H),2.02 (s, 3H), 1.0-2.0 (mm, 23H), 0.93 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.76 (s, 3H),0.66 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 210.3, 174.7, 170.6, 72.8,56.6, 56.5, 55.7, 53.8, 51.5, 46.6, 43.2, 41.0, 39.4, 37.8, 35.3, 34.8,31.0, 30.9, 26.8, 26.1, 26.0, 24.9, 24.8, 23.9, 18.2, 13.0, 12.0; HRMS(ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₂₇H₄₂O₅ [M+H]⁺: 447.3105, found 447.3108.

(4R)-4-((3S,5S,10R,13R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoicacid (6)

To a solution of 5 (503 mg, 1.12 mmol, 1 equiv) in THF (2.8 ml) wasadded 2 N aqueous LiOH (2.8 ml). The resulting mixture was stirredvigorously overnight and then neutralized by the addition of 1 N aq. HCl(12 ml) on an ice bath. The product was extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (3×),dried over Na₂SO₄, concentrated under reduced pressure. The remainingresidue was recrystallized once from aqueous MeOH to provide the titlecompound (250 mg, 57%). The title compound was recrystallized fromaqueous EtOH by vapor diffusion to obtain a diffraction-quality crystal,and its structure was determined by X-ray diffraction (FIG. 17b ,green). ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 3.54 (bm, 1H), 2.37 (m, 1H). 2.29 (m,1H), 2.22 (m, 2H), 2.03 (m, 1H), 1.96 (m, 1H), 1.76-1.92 (mm, 6H), 1.62(m, 1H), 1.54 (m, 1H), 1.0-1.52 (mm, 14H), 0.94 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.75(s, 3H), 0.67 (s, 3H); ¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 212.0, 177.0, 70.3,56.8, 56.7, 55.9, 53.9, 49.5, 46.7, 43.1, 41.4, 39.5, 38.0, 36.7, 35.3,31.2, 31.0, 30.7, 29.2, 24.8, 21.7, 18.2, 13.1, 12.0; HRMS (ESI-TOF+)m/z calc'd for C₂₄H₃₈O₄ [M+H]⁺: 391.2843, found 391.2848.

(4R)-hex-5-yn-1-yl 4-((3S,5S,10R,13R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-hexadecahydrospiro[cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-6,3′-diazirin]-17-yl)pentanoate(trans probe) (7)

A round bottom flask containing 6 (100 mg, 0.256 mmol, 1 equiv) wascooled to 0° C. under N₂, 7N NH₃ in MeOH (2.5 ml) was added slowly, andthe resulting solution was stirred at 0° C. for 3 h. At this time, ananhydrous methanolic solution of hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid (41 mg,1.4 eq, in 0.3 ml) was added dropwise at 0° C. The resulting solutionwas allowed to stir to room temperature overnight, and becameincreasingly turbid. The following day, the mixture was evaporated todryness in the reaction vessel under a stream of dry N2, and theresulting residue was then resuspended in anhydrous MeOH. The mixturewas filtered, and the filter cake washed with additional dry MeOH. Thetotal filtrate was then concentrated under reduced pressure, andre-dissolved in dry methanol (2.5 ml) in an amber flask. The solutionwas cooled to 0° C., and Hunig's base was added (0.1 ml), followed byiodine in small portions, until a dark brown color persisted in thesolution for more than 30 minutes, indicating total oxidation of thepreviously formed diaziridine. The solution was then diluted with EtOAc,and washed successively with 1 N aq. HCl and then sat. aq. Na₂S₂O₃ untilthe organic phase was clarified (2×). The organic phase was then dried(Na₂SO₄) and concentrated in vacuo in an amber flask to yield the crudediazirine acid, which was immediately esterified without furtherpurification. The crude residue was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ (2 ml), cooledto 0° C., and 5-hexyn-ol (75 mg, 3eq), a catalytic amount of DMAP,followed by DCC (69 mg, 1.3 eq) were added. The resulting solution wasstirred to room temperature overnight and then filtered and concentratedunder reduced pressure. The trans probe was then obtained (41 mg, 33%over three steps) by SiO₂ flash chromatography (92.5:7.5:0.5,CH₂Cl₂:EtOAc:MeOH). ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 4.08 (t, J=6 Hz, 2H), 3.47(bm, 1H), 2.34 (m, 1H), 2.21 (m, 3H) 2.00 (m, 1H), 1.96 (sm, 1H),0.75-1.75 (mm, 24H), 1.1 (s, 3H), 0.92 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 0.79 (m, 2H),0.69 (s, 3H), 0.42 (m, 2H); ¹³C NMR (150 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 174.3, 83.9,71.0, 68.7, 63.7, 56.0, 55.8, 53.6, 45.2, 43.1, 39.9, 37.5, 37.4, 36.3,33.8, 33.1, 31.5, 31.4, 31.3, 29.2, 27.8, 27.7, 25.0, 24.9, 23.9, 21.2,18.2, 18.1, 13.0, 12.1; HRMS (ESI-TOF+) m/z calc'd for C₃₀H₄₆N₂O₃[M+H]⁺: 483.3581, found 483.3575.

Example V Cell Culture and Live Cell Labeling

HeLa cells were grown at 37° C. under a humidified 5% CO₂ atmosphere, ina culture medium consisting of high-glucose DMEM (HyClone) supplementedwith 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Gemini) and penicillin, streptomycin,and glutamine (Cellgro; PSQ). For SILAC experiments, the culture mediumwas replaced with SILAC DMEM (Thermo) supplemented instead with 10%dialyzed FBS, PSQ, and 100 μg/ml [¹³C₆, ¹⁵N₄] L-arginine-HCl and [¹³C₆,¹⁵N₂]L-lysine-HCl (Sigma-Aldrich). Cells were passaged at least sixtimes in isotopically labeled media before being utilized for analysisby LC-MS/MS.

To facilitate delivery to cells, all sterols and steroids, including thesterol probes, were complexed in aqueous solution to mβCD(Sigma-Aldrich) for at least twelve hours before dilution in culturemedium for labeling. The desired amount of sterol or steroid was addedto a saturated aqueous mβCD (38 mM) solution to generate a concentratedstock, and agitated at room temperature overnight; solutions werefiltered prior to use the following day. Aqueous stock solutions of thetrans probe were prepared at 2 mM; the cis and epi probes were preparedat 1.2 mM; cholesterol and other sterols for competition were preparedat 4 mM; steroids were prepared at 5 mM. Non-steroidal lipids, C₁₇-MAGE,and di-C₁₅-DAG, as well as the PEA-DA probe were suspended in DMSO (10mM) and diluted to working concentrations directly in culture medium.

Prior to live-cell labeling, aqueous stock solutions of each sterolprobe or competitor (or DMSO stock solution of lipids) were combined inopaque centrifuge tubes, and then diluted to final workingconcentrations in culture medium under dim ambient light. Unmodifiedculture medium was then removed from the cells, and replaced withprobe-containing medium. Cells were then incubated at 37° C. for 30minutes in the dark to load the cells with sterol probe and competitors.After this time, cells were washed quickly with cold PBS, and thenirradiated for five minutes under 365 nm ultraviolet light in aFB-UVXL-1000 UV Crosslinker (Fisher) in cold PBS. Cells were thenharvested by scraping, and the cell pellet frozen at −80° C. untilprocessing for gel or LC-MS/MS analysis.

Sample Processing for Analysis by SDS-PAGE or LC-MS/MS

Frozen cell pellets were thawed on ice and lysed in PBS by sonication.Protein concentrations of cell lysates were determined using the BCAprotein assay on a microplate reader. Click chemistry was then performeddirectly in whole-cell lysates in PBS. For analysis by gel, 50 μg ofprotein was used, adjusted to a protein concentration of 1 mg/ml (50μl), and was mixed with 20 μM rhodamine-azide, 1 mMTris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP, Sigma-Aldrich), 100 μMTris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl]amine (TBTA)(Sigma-Aldrich), and 1 mM CuSO4 in PBS at room temperature. After 1hour, samples were mixed with SDS sample loading buffer and loadedwithout boiling on a 10% SDS-PAGE gel, separated, and imaged using aHitachi FMBIO-II flatbed fluorescence scanner.

For proteomic analysis, 1 mg of both heavy and light lysates were mixedin a 1:1 ratio, and then combined with 500 μM biotin-azide, 100 μM TBTA,1 mM TCEP, and 1 mM CuSO4 in 400 μl PBS for 1 hour. Water (100 p1),methanol (500 μl) and chloroform (125 p1) were then added directly tothe reaction mixture and mixed vigorously by vortexing. The biphasicsolution was then centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 20 minutes at 4° C., andprotein was pelleted at the phase interface as a solid disk. Liquidlayers were discarded, and the protein was washed further by sonicationinto 1:1 methanol/chloroform (500 μl first wash, 250 μl second wash)followed by centrifugation at 13.3 k rpm for 10 minutes at 4° C. tore-pellet. The protein pellets were air-dried briefly, and thenresuspended by sonication into 500 μl water containing 25 mM ammoniumbicarbonate and 6 M urea. To this solution, 5 μl of a 1 M DTT solutionin water was added, followed by 140 μl 10% SDS in water, and thesolution was heated at 65° C. for 15 minutes. The samples were cooledbriefly on ice, and then 40 μl of a 0.5 M iodoacetamide (Sigma-Aldrich)solution in water was added, and the samples were incubated at roomtemperature for 30 minutes in the dark. The samples were then diluted to6 ml with PBS, and enriched over streptavidin (Thermo) (100 μl slurry)for 2 hours at room temperature. The beads were washed once with 10 ml1% SDS in PBS, then three more times with 10 ml PBS. The beads were thentransferred to a 1.5 ml screw-cap tube in 200 μl 25 mM ammoniumbicarbonate/2 M urea in water, with 1 mM calcium chloride and 2 μgsequencing grade porcine trypsin (Promega), and then digested at 37° C.overnight. The digest supernatant was then collected by filtration ofthe resin, which was washed additionally with 100 μl PBS. The combinedfiltrate and wash for each sample was then acidifed with 16 μl formicacid, and then pressure-loaded onto a biphasic (strong cationexchange/reverse phase) capillary column for analysis by two-dimensionalliquid chromatography separation in combination with tandem massspectrometry (2D-LC-MS/MS). Unenriched samples were processed in thesame fashion, but the enrichment step was omitted, and instead, 200 μgof processed protein was committed to tryptic digestion and MudPITanalysis.

Mass Spectrometry and Data Processing

Mass spectrometry was performed using a Thermo Orbitrap Velos massspectrometer. Peptides were eluted using a 5-step multidimensional LC-MS(MudPIT) protocol (using 0%, 25%, 50%, 80%, and 100% salt bumps of 500mM aqueous ammonium acetate, followed by an increasing gradient ofaqueous acetonitrile/0.1% formic acid in each step) and data werecollected in data-dependent acquisition mode (2 MS1 microscans (400-1800m/z) and 30 data-dependent MS2 scans) with dynamic exclusion enabled(repeat count of 1, exclusion duration of 20 s) with monoisotopicprecursor selection enabled. All other parameters were left at defaultvalues. Unenriched membrane preparations were eluted using the samechromatographic steps and instrument settings. SEQUEST searches allowedfor variable oxidation of methionine (+15.9949), static modification ofcysteine residues (+57.0215; iodoacetamide alkylation), and no enzymespecificity. Each data set was independently searched with light andheavy parameters files; for the light search, all other amino acids wereleft at default masses; for the heavy search, static modifications onlysine (+8.0142) and arginine (+10.0082) were specified. The precursorion mass tolerance was set to 50 ppm and the fragment ion mass tolerancewas the default assignment of 0. The data was searched using a humanreverse-concatenated non-redundant (gene-centric) FASTA database thatcombines IPI and Ensembl identifiers. The resulting matched MS2 spectrawere assembled into protein identifications, then filtered usingDTASelect (version 2.0.47), and only half- or fully-tryptic peptideswere accepted for identification, and only fully-tryptic peptides wereconsidered for quantification. Peptides were restricted to a specifiedfalse positive rate of 1%. Redundant peptide identifications commonbetween multiple proteins were allowed, but the database was restrictedto a single consensus splice variant. SILAC ratios were quantified usingin-house software as described (CIMAGE). Briefly, extracted MS 1 ionchromatograms (+/−10 ppm) from both ‘light’ and ‘heavy’ target peptidemasses (m/z) are generated using a retention time window (+/−10 minutes)centered on the time when the peptide ion was selected for MS/MSfragmentation, and subsequently identified. Next, the ratio of the peakareas under the light and heavy signals (signal-to-noise ratio S/N>2.5)are calculated. Computational filters used to ensure that the correctpeak-pair is used for quantification include a co-elution correlationscore filter (R²≥0.8), removing target peptides with bad co-elutionprofile, and an “envelope correlation score” filter (R²>0.8) thateliminates target peptides whose predicted pattern of the isotopicenvelope distribution does not match the experimentally observedhigh-resolution MS 1 spectrum. Also, peptides detected as singletons,where only the heavy or light isotopically labeled peptide is detectedand sequenced, but which pass all other filtering parameters, were givena standard ratio of 20, which is the maximum SILAC ratio reportedherein. All reported SILAC experiments were run in duplicate, except thecholesterol competition, which was run in quadruplicate.

After automated processing, data sets were further filtered and analyzedmanually based on more stringent and experiment-specific criteria. Onlyproteins which showed at least 2 unique identified and quantifiedpeptides between four control runs (trans probe versus vehicle andversus “no UV”, each in duplicate), and that showed at least ratio of5.0 when the heavy, trans probe-enriched signal was compared to thebackground signal, were considered for further analysis by comparison tothe PEA-DA labeling profile, and to cholesterol competition. Onlyproteins that showed at least a ratio of 3.0 when trans probe-labeledcells were compared to PEA-DA-labeled cells were considered “selective”and could be considered Group III or higher, and only proteins thatshowed at least a ratio of 1.5 when competed by 10x cholesterol, andshowed at least 2 quantified unique peptides across four competitionruns were considered “sensitive” for further analysis and considerationas Group II or higher. All experimental SILAC ratios presented are themean of the median ratios of all quantified peptides for each proteinfrom each replicate for each experiment.

Meta-analyses in FIG. 20 of the sensitive and selective group of transprobe targets were performed using several online resources and servers.Automated gene ontology and pathway enrichment analyses were performedby uploading the Group I protein list to the DAVID bioinformaticswebsite and performing enrichment analyses. Protein annotations in FIG.20 were obtained from primary literature sources, GeneCards.com, theQiagen SABiosciences transcription factor database, and the OMIMdatabase. Transmembrane domains were predicted, as necessary, by PSORTII and TMHMM prediction servers.

Microarray Analysis of Cholesterol-Induced Transcriptional Changes

To verify that the observed cholesterol competition is due to directphysical competition of probe binding, and not due tocholesterol-mediated expression changes for each sensitive target, HeLacells were incubated with or without 20 μM cis probe and 100 μMcholesterol for 30 minutes and 12 hours, then harvested total cellularmRNA from each treatment using the Qiagen RNEasy kit, and submitted 8 μgtotal mRNA (combination of three biological replicates) per sample theTSRI DNA Array core facility, for quantitative transcriptomic analysisby microarray, using the HU133 Set GeneChip (Affymetrix), and theAffymetrix GeneChip Expression 3′ Amplification One-Cycle protocol.

Recombinant Expression and Validation Cholesterol Competition of NovelTargets

To validate protein-cholesterol interactions identified by the transsterol probe for which there is no previous evidence of cholesterolbinding, SQLE, FDFT1, PGRMC1, POR, ADPGK, CYP20A1, and JAGN1 cDNAs wereobtained (OpenBiosystems), and were recombinantly over-expressed as thefull-length, unmodified proteins (except JAGN1, which was expressed witha C-terminal myc-his epitope-tag) in HeLa cells via transfection withFugene HD according to the manufacturer's protocol. 48 hourspost-transfection, cells were labeled in situ with either 5 or 10 uMtrans probe, with or without 10x (50 μM or 100 μM) cholesterol. Both thecompeted and non-competed transfected samples were compared to a controltransfected with a distinct protein, on a 10% SDS-PAGE gel, and equalexpression of the protein of interest between competed and non-competedsamples was verified via western blot of the same samples on a gradient(4-20%) gel using commercial antibodies specific to each protein.Antibodies used in this study were: monoclonal mouse α-myc (1:10,000;Invitrogen), monoclonal rabbit a-POR (1:1000; Sigma-Aldrich), monoclonalmouse α-FDFT1 (1:1000; Sigma-Aldrich), monoclonal mouse α-ADPGK (1:1000;Sigma-Aldrich), monoclonal rabbit α-PGRMC1 (1:2000; Sigma-Aldrich),monoclonal mouse α-SQLE (1:1000; Sigma-Aldrich), monoclonal mouseα-actin (1:2000; Sigma-Aldrich), and polyclonal rabbit a-CYP20A1 (1:100;Thermo).

Design of Clickable, Photoreactive Sterol Probes

In some embodiments, a set of sterol probes (FIG. 17a ) was designed tocontains a photoactivatable diazirine group at the 6-position of thesteroid core (using standard numbering), which minimally perturb thebiophysical properties of cholesterol, and an alkyne incorporated via anester linkage into the alkyl side-chain of cholesterol. In someinstances, the probes differ in the diastereomeric relationship betweenthe C3-alcohol and C5-hydrogen groups appended to the cholesterol core(termed cis, trans, and epi hereafter) and were synthesized from acommon precursor—the bile acid hyodeoxycholic acid

X-ray structures of the keto-acid intermediates corresponding to eachcholesterol probe were obtained to verify their relative and absolutestereochemistry (FIG. 17b ). As compared to the three-dimensionalstructure of cholesterol (extracted from a structure in complex withNPC1, FIG. 17b ), the trans probe exhibits the most similarity tocholesterol in terms of stereochemistry and molecular topology. Due toits 3α-OH stereochemistry, the epi probe instead most resemblesepicholesterol. The cis probe, while appearing bent in the crystalstructure (FIG. 17b ), is more flexible due to its structurally distinctcis-decalin-type A-B ring fusion. This ring fusion stereochemistry,along with its 3α-OH stereochemistry, in some instances, allows for thecis probe to adopt bent cholesterol-like conformations in solution thatretain the equatorial orientation of the C₃ hydroxyl group.

Gel Profiling of Sterol-Binding Proteins in Human Cells

Sterol probe labeling of cellular proteins was assessed using SDS-PAGEanalysis (FIG. 18a ). Probe labeling for virtually all detected proteinswas found to be UV-irradiation dependent (FIG. 18b ), indicating thatthese interactions reflect non-covalent binding events (versus thepost-translational modification of proteins by cholesterol).Concentration-dependent increases in protein labeling were observed forall three probes (1-20 μM probe), with the cis- and trans-sterol probesshowing stronger overall protein-labeling profiles than the epi probe(FIG. 18c ).

MS Profiling of Sterol-Binding Proteins in Human Cells

Biotin-streptavidin methods coupled with SILAC (stable isotope labelingby amino acids in cell culture) MS were used to distinguish proteinsthat specifically interact with sterol probes and assess the sensitivityof these interactions to competition by excess cholesterol (FIG. 19a ).Isotopically ‘heavy’ HeLa cells were treated with the trans-sterol probe(20 μM) for 30 min and irradiated with UV light (5 min), while ‘light’cells received either no probe treatment prior to UV light exposure(vehicle control), or received the trans-sterol probe (20 μM), but werenot irradiated (no-UV control). Cells were then harvested, their heavyand light proteomes mixed 1:1, and probe-labeled proteins conjugated toan azide-biotin tag by click chemistry and enriched using streptavidinchromatography. Enriched proteins were then digested on-bead withtrypsin and the resulting tryptic peptide mixture analyzed by LC-MSmethods. Proteins that exhibited heavy:light SILAC ratios of ≥5 fortrans-sterol probe versus both vehicle and no-UV light control reactionswere designated as sterol-interacting proteins. About 850 proteins metthese criteria (FIG. 19b ).

The proteome-labeling profiles of the trans-sterol probe were comparedwith the cis and epi probes by SILAC. The mean labeling intensity ratiofor probe-enriched proteins in the trans-versus-cis comparison was 0.9(trans/cis; standard deviation=0.57) indicating that the trans and cisprobes display similar protein-interaction profiles in cells. Incontrast, the mean ratio, as well as the standard deviation, of thetrans-versus-epi comparison were higher (2.1 and 1.2 for trans/epi,respectively), suggesting that the stereochemistry of the sterolhydroxyl group impacts probe-protein interactions in a variable manner.

In some instances, about 700 of the identified sterol-binding proteinsshowed strong selectivity (≥3-fold higher signals) for the trans-sterolprobe over a non-steroidal neutral lipid probe containing a diazirineand alkyne group embedded within an N-palmitoylethanolamine structure[N-palmitoylethanolamine-diazirine-alkyne (PEA-DA) (FIG. 19c ). In somecases, about 18 proteins from the sterol-binding group showed theopposite profile, exhibiting greater labeling with the PEA-DA probe(heavy/light signal ratio <1.0) (FIG. 19c ).

Competitive profiling experiments were performed where the trans-sterolprobe was evaluated for protein labeling in cells treated with excesscholesterol. Light and heavy-labeled HeLa cells were treated with thetrans-sterol probe (10 μM) in the presence or absence of 10x (100 μM)cholesterol, respectively. In some cases, about 300 proteins showed atleast a 50% decrease in trans-sterol probe labeling intensity in cellstreated with excess cholesterol (FIG. 19 d). In some instances, about250 of these cholesterol-sensitive targets also showed selectivelabeling by the trans-sterol probe compared to the PEA-DA probe, and themajority (>60%) of the competed proteins also showed evidence ofcholesterol competition in experiments performed with the cis-sterolprobe. In some cases, parallel DNA microarray experiments were performedand that cholesterol-sensitive proteins showed no evidence of geneexpression changes at the 30 min time point of competitive analysis.

The level of isotopically labeled amino acid incorporation wascontrolled in the SILAC experiments by treating heavy and light HeLacells each with 20 uM trans-sterol probe, and combining and processingtheir proteomes as described above. The overall median and mean ratiofor proteins detected in this experiment was 1.0, in some cases,indicative of about >95% heavy amino acid incorporation.

In some embodiments, the MS experiments enabled distribution of theproteins that interacted with the trans-sterol probe into fourgroups: 1) Group I, which were both sensitive to cholesterol competitionand selective for the trans-sterol probe over the PEA-probe (265 totalproteins), 2) Group II, which were sensitive, but not selective (34total proteins), 3) Group III, which were selective, but not sensitive(411 total proteins), and 4) Group IV, which were neither sensitive norselective (140 total proteins) (FIG. 19e ). Representative MS1 tracesfor sterol-interacting proteins from each group are shown in FIG. 19b-d.

Analysis of Group I Cholesterol-Binding Proteins

In some instances, Group I contains many proteins that are known to bindto cholesterol. In some instances, the Group I proteins include Scap,caveolin (CAV1), tetraspanin CD82, the sterol transport protein ARV1,and the sterol biosynthetic enzymes, HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR). In someinstances, the trans-sterol probe interacted with additional enzymes inthe sterol biosynthetic pathway (FIGS. 19f and g ). In some cases, FDFT1and SQLE, two upstream enzymes in the sterol biosynthetic pathway thatdo not directly handle sterols as substrates or products were identifiedin Group I (FIG. 19g ). Group II-IV also contained additional proteinsknown to interact with cholesterol, including, for instance, thelysosomal sterol transporter NPC1.

Additional proteins in Group I include, but are not limited to,G-protein coupled receptors, a class of receptors that have beenproposed to bind cholesterol to stabilize certain functionalconformations; ion channels; transporters; and enzymes (FIG. 20a ).Glycerophospholipid metabolic enzymes, protein glycosylation anddegradation pathways, and protein networks that regulate membranestructure and dynamics, in some instances, are also included in Group Iproteins (FIG. 19f ).

Evaluation of the subcellular distribution of Group I proteins, in somecases, revealed that the vast majority (87%) are known or predictedintegral membrane proteins (FIG. 20c ). In some cases, these proteinswere near-equally distributed between single- and multi-passtransmembrane proteins (FIG. 20c ) and were dispersed across allsubcellular membrane compartments with a notable enrichment in known orpredicted ER proteins (FIG. 20d ).

In some instances, the OMIM database is used to analyze the set of GroupI proteins in relation to human diseases. In some instances, the humandiseases include, but are not limited to, neurological disorders,cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic diseases (FIG. 20b ).

Example VI

Tables 3-7 are illustrated below. Table 3 illustrates a list of lipidprobe targets and SILAC ratios. Table 4 illustrates proteomic data setfor lipid probe competition experiments. Data represents SILAC ratiosfrom individual datasets except for MJN228 (10 and 25 uM), FK-866,avasimibe and AEA in Neuro2a cells, and (±)-flurbiprofen and rofecoxibin A549 cells which display the mean SILAC ratio from 2-3 experiments.All data are filtered to remove targets which were not UV-dependent.Table 5 illustrates aligned proteomic data for competed targets inNeuro2a and A549 cells. Table 6 illustrates a list of AEA-DA-modifiedpeptides which are identified using the isoTOP-ABPP platform. TheisoTOP-ABPP platform was applied to Neuro2a cells treated with theAEA-DA probe (100 μM). Data represented 12 replicates (10 biological and2 technical). Table 7 illustrates untargeted metablomic data for MJN228-and KML181-treated Neuro2a cells. Data represent XCMS-identifiedfeatures from untargeted LC-MS analysis of organic-soluble extracts fromNeuro2a cells treated with DMSO, MJN228 (10 μM), or KML181 (10 μM) for 6h (n-5 per condition).

TABLE 4A Neuro2a (A-DA) Competition Flurbiprofen Rofecoxib Gene NameAccession No UV DMSO (25 μM) (25 μM) Kdsr Q6GV12 20.0 0.9 0.7 1.2 Tmem97Q8VD00 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Ech1 O35459 20.0 0.9 0.5 1.2 Ppt1 O88531 20.01.2 1.0 Scarb1 Q61009 20.0 0.9 1.3 1.5 Cpt2 P52825 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.2Akr1b8 P45377 20.0 1.2 0.9 6.7 UPF0554 Q8BVA5 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Timm17aQ9Z0V8 20.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 Timm17b Q9Z0V7 20.0 1.0 0.7 1.1 Slc25a20 Q9Z2Z620.0 1.0 1.1 2.0 Gpr107 Q8BUV8 20.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 Ptgs1 P22437 11.8 1.63.8 1.2 Acadl P51174 20.0 1.1 3.5 1.1 Pcyox1 Q9CQF9 20.0 1.2 0.9 1.2Tmem173 Q3TBT3 20.0 0.8 1.2 1.3 Tram1 Q91V04 20.0 1.1 0.7 1.1 ApmapQ9D7N9 20.0 1.2 0.5 1.5 Plin2 P43883 20.0 0.9 1.4 1.3 Dhrs1 Q99L04 16.61.1 0.9 1.4 Dhodh O35435 20.0 1.1 3.0 Fam114a2 Q8VE88 20.0 1.2 0.9 1.1Mospd2 Q9CWP6 20.0 1.2 0.6 1.6 Scd2 P13011 6.0 1.1 2.8 Sdhb Q9CQA3 14.11.1 2.7 1.1 Lss Q8BLN5 15.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 Bsg P18572 20.0 1.3 2.6 1.4 LbrQ3U9G9 12.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 Cers2 Q924Z4 16.4 1.1 0.7 1.2 Agps Q8C0I1 20.01.0 2.4 1.4 Hmox2 O70252 18.7 1.1 0.9 1.2 Nptn P97300 20.0 1.2 Ephx1Q9D379 17.3 1.0 0.7 1.4 Pcyox11 Q8C7K6 20.0 1.2 1.0 1.9 Cyb5b Q9CQX212.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 Slc30a6 Q8BJM5 20.0 1.1 0.7 1.1 Gnpat P98192 20.0 1.02.3 Fech P22315 20.0 1.0 2.2 Sec11a Q9R0P6 20.0 1.0 0.7 1.2 Por P3704020.0 1.1 2.1 1.2 Tmem199 Q5SYH2 20.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 Dnajc1 Q61712 20.0 1.10.7 Ndufs2 Q91WD5 14.4 1.0 2.1 0.9 Opa3 Q505D7 20.0 1.0 1.1 Aldh3a2P47740 20.0 1.0 1.1 Scarb2 O35114 20.0 1.0 0.6 1.0 Tor1b Q9ER41 20.0 1.0Gpd2 Q64521 14.1 1.0 2.0 0.9 Cox4i1 P19783 20.0 1.2 0.5 1.2 Vdac1 Q6093220.0 1.2 0.6 1.1 Psap Q61207 20.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 Ptges2 Q8BWM0 15.5 1.1 0.71.0 Fads1 Q920L1 3.1 1.1 1.9 1.2 Qil1 Q8R404 20.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 Ssr1Q9CY50 20.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 Acsl6 Q91WC3 20.0 1.0 0.7 1.2 Emb P21995 20.01.1 0.6 1.3 Rtn3 Q9ES97 14.3 1.0 1.2 1.1 Sgpl1 Q8R0X7 16.2 1.0 0.5 1.2Atp2a2 O55143 16.9 1.2 0.8 1.1 Asah1 Q9WV54 15.7 1.1 0.7 1.0 Tusc3Q8BTV1 10.9 0.9 Cyp51a1 Q8K0C4 14.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 Vat1 Q62465 5.4 1.1 1.21.3 Ttyh3 Q6P5F7 20.0 0.9 1.8 1.1 Ano10 Q8BH79 20.0 1.2 0.7 1.3 Ptgr2Q8VDQ1 20.0 1.1 0.9 1.5 Ggt7 Q99JP7 15.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam162a Q9D6U8 20.01.0 1.8 1.2 Acad9 Q8JZN5 14.5 1.0 0.8 1.1 Tbl2 Q9R099 20.0 0.9 1.8 GhitmQ91VC9 20.0 1.0 0.5 1.2 Ermp1 Q3UVK0 16.1 0.9 1.7 1.6 Sar1a P36536 20.01.1 0.7 1.1 Hsd17b11 Q9EQ06 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 Ckap4 Q8BMK4 16.9 1.2 0.91.3 Vdac2 Q60930 15.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 Tmed7 D3YZZ5 20.0 1.1 0.9 Vim P201523.5 1.2 1.7 0.9 Sqle P52019 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.7 Ccdc47 Q9D024 15.0 1.1 0.91.2 Dpm1 O70152 12.2 1.0 1.7 Bcap31 Q61335 20.0 1.3 0.8 1.4 Mmgt1 Q8K27320.0 1.1 1.1 Sccpdh Q8R127 17.4 1.1 0.7 1.3 Phb2 O35129 14.3 1.1 0.9 1.0Ankle2 Q6P1H6 20.0 0.9 0.9 1.2 Msmo1 Q9CRA4 17.6 1.2 0.6 1.1 Mtdh Q80WJ717.1 1.1 0.9 1.4 Atp13a1 Q9EPE9 20.0 0.9 0.9 1.2 Ndufb10 Q9DCS9 20.0 1.31.6 Ostc Q78XF5 14.6 1.2 0.9 1.1 Eci1 P42125 3.8 1.1 1.0 Sar1b Q9CQC915.9 1.0 0.7 1.3 Arf1 P84078 4.9 1.1 1.0 1.3 Arf3 P61205 8.6 1.1 1.0Fam210a Q8BGY7 20.0 1.1 Atp5l Q9CPQ8 6.8 1.2 1.3 1.1 Laptm4a Q60961 16.11.0 1.4 1.2 Hsd17b4 P51660 10.7 1.0 1.4 Gm364 A2AFI6 4.5 1.0 1.5 Coq4Q8BGB8 14.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 Faf2 Q3TDN2 20.0 0.9 0.8 1.6 Cisd1 Q91WS0 15.11.1 0.7 1.1 Pgrmc2 Q80UU9 16.7 1.2 0.9 1.2 Sec63 Q8VHE0 14.3 0.9 0.9 1.1Prph P15331 3.0 1.1 1.5 1.1 Pdss1 Q33DR2 18.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 Gm20425 E9Q03517.4 1.2 1.2 Oxa11 Q8BGA9 20.0 1.1 0.8 Slc25a24 Q8BMD8 20.0 1.0 0.8 1.1Tmem48 Q8VCB1 20.0 0.9 0.7 1.1 Canx P35564 14.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 Stt3a P4697818.5 1.1 0.7 1.1 Alg9 Q8VDI9 20.0 0.9 0.7 1.5 Tmem209 Q8BRG8 14.5 1.00.8 1.1 Cers5 Q9D6K9 15.1 1.2 0.9 1.2 Stip1 Q60864 6.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 Acsl1P41216 4.4 1.0 0.8 1.2 Gm20671 F6TVX7 20.0 1.1 1.0 Pisd Q8BSF4 20.0 1.11.0 1.0 Lpcat3 Q91V01 19.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 Nsdhl Q9R1J0 16.2 1.2 0.7 1.2Ncln Q8VCM8 4.9 0.9 1.1 Coq9 Q8K1Z0 20.0 0.9 0.7 Tmpo Q61033 11.8 1.10.8 1.1 Tmpo Q61029 12.0 1.1 0.8 1.2 Emc1 Q8C7X2 14.3 1.0 1.1 Acsl3Q9CZW4 12.9 1.0 0.9 1.2 Ghdc Q99J23 16.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 Rtn4ip1 Q924D0 20.01.1 0.8 1.1 Agpat6 Q8K2C8 20.0 0.9 1.4 1.1 Abhd16a Q9Z1Q2 12.4 0.9 0.91.4 Zmpste24 Q80W54 20.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 Tmx2 Q9D710 15.0 1.3 0.9 1.2 Tmed10Q9D1D4 9.7 1.2 1.0 1.0 Uba52 P62984 3.9 1.1 1.1 Vmp1 Q99KU0 18.0 1.0 0.7Kdelr1 Q99JH8 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 Ndufa4 Q62425 5.8 1.1 1.4 Sdhd Q9CXV1 4.31.0 1.4 1.3 Cyb5r3 Q9DCN2 4.9 1.2 1.0 1.2 Bri3bp Q8BXV2 20.0 1.1 0.8 1.2Lmf2 Q8C3X8 14.9 1.1 0.7 1.2 Tomm22 Q9CPQ3 20.0 1.1 0.7 1.1 Tmed2 Q9R0Q320.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 Pmpca Q9DC61 4.9 1.0 0.8 1.1 Mogs Q80UM7 3.9 1.0 1.4Derl1 Q99J56 20.0 1.2 0.7 1.2 Hsd17b7 O88736 20.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 Uqcrfs1Q9CR68 3.5 1.1 1.4 Nrm Q8VC65 16.5 1.1 1.3 Mest Q07646 12.8 1.1 0.9 1.2Ssr4 Q62186 10.8 1.1 0.9 1.2 Cers4 Q9D6J1 20.0 1.0 0.6 1.1 Clptm1 Q8VBZ318.7 1.1 1.0 1.2 Gaa P70699 7.6 1.0 1.0 Rab2a P53994 3.3 1.1 0.9 1.1Hadha Q8BMS1 9.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 Adpgk Q8VDL4 18.0 1.2 0.7 1.2 ptplad1Q8K2C9 16.7 1.0 1.2 Fkbp8 O35465 3.0 1.1 1.3 Atl2 Q6PA06 15.8 1.0 Cyc1Q9D0M3 8.6 1.1 1.3 1.1 Pigt Q8BXQ2 11.4 1.2 1.3 Slc25a17 O70579 11.7 1.0Atp1a1 Q8VDN2 4.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 Tmed1 Q3V009 14.0 1.2 1.0 Apoo Q9DCZ4 13.61.1 0.9 1.0 Tmem68 Q9D850 20.0 1.0 1.3 Kdelr2 Q9CQM2 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.1Pnpla2 Q8BJ56 20.0 0.9 1.3 Slc25a32 Q8BMG8 20.0 1.1 0.7 1.3 Acp6 Q8BP4020.0 1.0 1.3 Cox5a P12787 3.1 1.1 1.2 Acsl4 Q9QUJ7 5.2 1.1 0.9 1.2Stoml2 Q99JB2 4.7 1.0 0.9 1.1 Cend1 Q9JKC6 7.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 Pigs Q6PD2610.8 1.1 0.9 1.3 Dcakd Q8BHC4 13.8 1.1 0.9 1.2 Tmx4 Q8C0L0 12.8 1.0 0.91.1 Slc39a7 Q31125 20.0 0.9 1.3 Dhcr24 Q8VCH6 20.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 DdostO54734 4.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 Atp5i Q06185 14.2 1.1 1.1 Itgb1 P09055 4.2 1.31.2 Agpat4 Q8K4X7 11.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 Fdft1 P53798 20.0 0.9 Tecr Q9CY2720.0 1.1 0.8 1.2 Rtn4 Q99P72 14.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 Parl Q5XJY4 7.2 1.1 0.81.2 Pgrmc1 O55022 13.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 Sec22b O08547 11.6 1.1 0.9 1.2 Abcb10Q9JI39 5.1 1.1 1.2 Pla2g15 Q8VEB4 20.0 1.1 1.2 Surf4 Q64310 9.4 1.2 0.91.1 Ctsd P18242 20.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 Atp5f1 Q9CQQ7 8.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 Alg2Q9DBE8 5.2 0.9 Tmx1 Q8VBT0 7.1 1.2 0.8 1.2 Atp6v0c P63082 3.0 1.1 1.0Emd O08579 20.0 1.2 0.9 1.2 Ociad1 Q9CRD0 14.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 Tmem214Q8BM55 14.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 Phb P67778 9.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 Slc25a33 Q3TZX3 14.71.0 0.5 1.1 Slc25a19 Q9DAM5 20.0 1.2 0.7 1.1 Baiap2 Q8BKX1 20.0 1.1 1.2Slc25a16 Q8C0K5 20.0 1.1 1.2 Ncstn P57716 20.0 1.0 1.2 Tlcd1 Q99JT6 20.01.0 1.1 1.2 Tmem33 Q9CR67 7.4 1.2 0.8 1.2 Lman2 Q9DBH5 6.1 1.0 1.2 0.9Sec61a1 P61620 6.3 1.1 0.9 1.2 Rdh11 Q9QYF1 6.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 Esyt2 Q3TZZ720.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 Slc25a25 A2ASZ8 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 Far1 Q922J9 3.7 1.01.2 1.1 Immt Q8CAQ8 9.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 Stt3b Q3TDQ1 7.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 Timm50Q9D880 9.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 Mcm6 P97311 3.2 1.3 1.2 Hm13 Q9D8V0 20.0 1.2 0.81.2 Timm22 Q9CQ85 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 Timm44 O35857 10.9 1.3 1.0 1.2 Abhd5Q9DBL9 20.0 1.0 1.2 Tomm40 Q9QYA2 8.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 Lrrc59 Q922Q8 6.7 1.21.0 1.2 Abcd3 P55096 3.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 Abhd12 Q99LR1 14.8 1.2 0.7 1.2 AmfrQ9R049 20.0 1.2 1.2 Pigu Q8K358 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 Yif1b Q9CX30 13.8 0.90.7 1.2 Mtch2 Q791V5 13.6 1.1 0.7 1.1 Slc25a1 Q8JZU2 9.2 1.0 1.0 Nup210Q9QY81 20.0 1.0 Hsd17b12 O70503 7.1 1.2 0.8 1.2 Jagn1 Q5XKN4 20.0 1.00.7 1.2 Rpn2 Q9DBG6 4.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 Rpn1 Q91YQ5 12.6 1.2 1.1 1.1 Slc25a4P48962 4.8 1.2 0.8 1.0 Sec61a2 Q9JLR1 4.3 1.0 0.9 1.1 Agk Q9ESW4 14.00.9 1.0 1.1 Dhrs7 Q9CXR1 20.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 Nnt Q61941 11.9 1.0 0.7 1.0Comt O88587 7.2 0.9 0.8 1.1 Slc25a10 Q9QZD8 5.6 1.0 0.8 1.1 Slc25a12Q8BH59 5.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 Tmem43 Q9DBS1 5.1 1.0 1.1 Trabd Q99JY4 17.0 0.90.9 1.1 March5 Q3KNM2 20.0 0.9 0.6 1.1 Slc25a26 Q5U680 20.0 1.0 1.1 Alg5Q9DB25 6.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 Dnajc11 Q5U458 8.6 1.1 1.0 1.1 Slc25a5 P51881 4.21.2 0.8 1.0 Sacm11 Q9EP69 4.5 1.0 1.0 1.1 Atp1a3 Q6PIC6 3.7 1.2 1.1Ptrh2 Q8R2Y8 10.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 Aifm2 Q8BUE4 20.0 1.0 1.1 Asna1 O54984 9.71.2 0.8 0.8 Aifm1 Q9Z0X1 13.2 1.3 Nucb1 Q02819 20.0 1.2 0.7 1.1 Dolpp1Q9JMF7 14.3 1.2 0.7 1.1 Pex16 Q91XC9 16.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 Hsdl1 Q8BTX9 14.61.1 0.7 1.1 Samm50 Q8BGH2 10.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 Tmx3 Q8BXZ1 6.8 1.0 0.8 1.1Bdh1 Q80XN0 3.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 Atad3 Q925I1 14.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 Rab1b Q9D1G13.3 1.1 1.1 Atp6v0a1 Q9Z1G4 11.2 0.9 0.7 1.1 Tomm70a Q9CZW5 3.0 1.1 1.11.0 Mtch1 Q791T5 8.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 Slc25a22 Q9D6M3 5.2 1.1 0.8 1.0 Odr4Q4PJX1 3.3 1.1 1.1 Spcs2 Q9CYN2 16.7 1.1 1.0 Vkorc111 Q6TEK5 20.0 1.10.5 1.0 Ubqln2 Q9QZM0 3.5 1.6 1.0 Sfxn1 Q99JR1 4.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 Slc7a3P70423 4.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 Timm23 Q9WTQ8 20.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 Apool Q78IK4 16.91.1 0.8 Cdipt Q8VDP6 10.0 1.0 0.6 1.0 Agpat1 O35083 5.6 0.9 0.9 1.0Rab10 P61027 3.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 Tmem66 Q8R3Q0 20.0 1.1 1.0 Ubc P0CG50 3.51.2 1.0 Cox15 Q8BJ03 7.2 0.8 0.6 1.0 Abcb7 Q61102 3.5 0.9 Dhcr7 O884555.7 1.1 0.8 1.0 Tmem165 P52875 11.5 1.1 0.9 Cpt1a P97742 7.9 0.9 0.8Slc25a51 Q5HZI9 20.0 1.0 0.9 Atad1 Q9D5T0 4.5 1.2 0.9 Gdpd1 Q9CRY7 5.81.1 0.9 Mtap Q9CQ65 5.2 1.1 0.7 Agpat9 Q8C0N2 20.0 1.2 0.9 Aup1 P702956.4 1.0 0.9 Rab11b P46638 13.2 1.1 0.9 Mtx2 O88441 8.9 1.0 0.9 Them6Q80ZW2 20.0 1.1 0.9 Tmem160 Q9D938 20.0 1.0 0.9 Arl6ip1 Q9JKW0 12.6 1.10.9 Degs1 O09005 4.7 1.0 0.9 Pigk Q9CXY9 9.8 0.9 0.9 Stx5 Q8K1E0 4.4 1.00.9 Bcap29 Q61334 20.0 0.9 0.8 Vapb Q9QY76 20.0 0.9 0.8 Sel11 Q9Z2G620.0 1.1 0.8 Lnp Q7TQ95 13.8 1.0 0.8 Abhd6 Q8R2Y0 14.7 0.9 0.8 EbpP70245 20.0 0.9 0.8 Agpat5 Q9D1E8 6.9 1.0 0.8 Lmf1 Q3U3R4 20.0 1.1 0.8Golph3 Q9CRA5 20.0 1.0 Letm1 Q9Z2I0 7.6 1.2 0.8 Mttp O08601 20.0 1.1 0.7Erlin2 Q8BFZ9 13.2 1.0 0.7 Dhrs7b Q99J47 10.7 1.0 0.7 Mpv17l2 Q8VIK220.0 1.0 0.7 Letmd1 Q924L1 14.7 0.9 0.7 Coq5 Q9CXI0 12.4 1.1 0.5 Reep2Q8VCD6 20.0 0.9 0.5

TABLE 4B Neuro2a (AEA-DA) Competition AEA Ro 48- MJN228 Gene No (200FK866 Avasimibe Elacridar 8071 MJN228 MJN228 MJN228 (100 KML110 KML181Name UV DMSO μM) (25 μM) (25 μM) (25 μM) (25 μM) (10 μM) (25 μM) (50 μM)μM) (25 μM) (25 μM) Fech 20.0 1.0 1.3 20.0 0.2 20.0 1.4 1.0 2.4 3.0 2.92.2 1.4 Abcb1b 20.0 1.1 2.3 5.4 1.8 20.0 1.7 2.6 4.0 9.4 20.0 5.7 1.1Tmem97 20.0 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.7 18.7 10.0 1.4 1.7 2.1 3.2 1.6 1.0 Ephx1 4.01.0 2.1 1.4 18.6 1.8 2.4 2.5 3.8 8.2 11.5 3.4 1.3 Dhrs1 20.0 1.1 18.48.0 2.1 1.5 9.5 1.4 1.8 2.4 4.4 2.7 1.5 Nampt 20.0 1.4 1.1 16.4 1.3 1.10.9 1.2 1.0 2.0 0.8 Zadh2 20.0 1.0 4.8 12.6 1.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.5 2.3 6.01.5 0.9 Acadl 20.0 1.0 1.1 12.4 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.4 1.8 0.9Abhd5 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 12.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.2 4.0 14.3 2.0 1.0 Plin2 20.01.0 1.4 1.0 10.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 3.2 20.0 20.0 2.7 0.8 Ptgr2 20.0 1.2 8.75.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 Akr1b8 20.0 1.3 7.7 1.7 2.3 1.21.4 1.9 2.1 2.7 3.1 1.1 Paox 20.0 1.2 7.5 3.2 1.7 1.5 2.4 2.1 3.2 4.513.5 2.9 4.8 Sccpdh 20.0 1.1 3.4 7.3 2.5 1.3 1.6 1.4 2.1 3.3 5.9 2.6 1.0Tmem87a 20.0 1.4 1.8 1.1 7.0 1.4 2.3 1.3 1.9 1.6 2.7 1.8 1.1 Tmem16013.4 1.5 1.2 6.9 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.5 3.5 1.3 0.9 Soat1 6.1 1.2 2.3 6.4 1.51.8 1.2 2.6 1.2 Hadha 20.0 1.2 2.3 6.2 2.2 2.2 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.9 2.01.1 Tram1 20.0 1.1 2.9 1.2 5.5 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.8 1.9 5.4 1.7 1.0 Timm17a20.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 5.4 1.5 2.7 1.1 1.4 1.4 2.7 1.5 0.9 Timm17b 20.0 1.41.6 1.2 5.1 1.5 2.8 1.3 1.5 2.2 3.6 1.8 1.0 Bcap31 12.0 1.3 2.3 1.6 5.01.5 1.4 2.1 2.5 3.8 4.0 2.0 1.1 Akr1b10 20.0 1.1 4.5 1.9 2.4 1.3 1.5 2.12.8 2.6 3.2 3.9 1.3 Slc35b2 13.4 1.3 1.9 1.0 4.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.21.3 0.9 Gpr107 20.0 1.1 1.6 1.0 3.9 1.1 1.8 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.9 1.5 1.1Dcakd 9.0 1.2 1.9 1.1 3.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.4 0.9 Timm22 13.61.5 1.3 1.2 3.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.8 1.4 0.9 Kdsr 19.4 1.4 3.6 1.12.1 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.6 0.9 Fads2 10.5 1.4 2.5 1.2 3.4 1.5 1.21.3 1.8 1.9 2.8 1.4 0.8 Trabd 12.0 1.4 1.0 1.2 3.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.41.7 1.5 1.0 Gm20425 16.5 1.3 2.3 1.2 3.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.9 1.5 0.9Tmem48 14.5 1.3 1.9 1.2 3.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.8 1.6 1.0 Hmox2 4.01.1 3.2 1.0 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.0 Pgrmc2 16.3 1.2 2.0 1.23.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.6 0.9 Sec11a 5.4 1.2 1.9 1.1 3.1 1.3 1.61.2 1.6 1.7 2.3 1.6 0.9 March5 20.0 1.6 1.3 3.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.11.5 0.8 Emd 20.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 3.1 1.3 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.5 4.5 1.7 1.0 Cpt220.0 1.1 1.1 3.1 1.1 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.7 2.7 5.5 1.5 0.9 Abhd6 20.0 1.4 2.31.7 3.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.3 2.9 2.6 1.0 Tomm22 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 3.0 1.31.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.8 Cers2 17.1 1.2 2.4 1.2 3.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 3.15.2 6.8 2.2 1.1 Opa3 20.0 1.2 1.1 3.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.9Nsdhl 9.4 1.4 2.0 1.3 3.0 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.3 3.0 4.0 1.7 0.9 Tmpo 12.9 1.22.0 1.0 2.9 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.5 0.8 Scarb1 20.0 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.41.3 2.9 1.6 2.0 3.2 4.9 2.8 1.2 Scg2 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 2.9 2.0 1.1 1.31.5 1.2 1.1 1.4 0.9 Sar1a 11.9 1.2 1.0 2.9 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.2 1.40.8 Tmpo 12.3 1.2 1.9 1.1 2.8 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.5 0.8 Acp6 20.01.2 2.5 1.2 2.8 1.1 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.3 1.6 0.9 Dnajc1 20.0 1.3 2.1 1.42.8 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.1 Ccdc47 13.2 1.2 1.7 1.3 2.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.93.1 1.7 0.9 Hsdl1 11.6 1.3 2.5 1.0 2.8 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.7Dolpp1 20.0 1.1 2.2 1.2 2.7 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.9 3.3 1.6 0.9 Ssr4 5.2 1.31.8 1.2 2.7 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.6 1.5 1.0 Slc25a32 20.0 1.4 1.5 1.12.7 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.5 0.9 Gstm2 20.0 1.3 2.7 1.5 2.2 1.3 1.61.6 2.2 1.1 Sgpl1 20.0 1.0 2.7 1.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.7 1.4 1.0Fam114a2 20.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 2.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 3.5 4.1 7.6 2.2 1.1 Cdipt 3.21.1 1.8 1.1 2.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 Rtn3 4.3 1.0 2.7 1.1 1.71.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.0 Aldh1b1 19.0 1.0 2.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.21.6 2.0 2.6 1.7 2.3 Ssr1 17.7 1.6 1.9 1.3 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.8 3.01.7 0.8 Rab11a 14.5 1.2 1.6 1.2 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.4 1.6 0.8Nucb2 20.0 1.1 1.5 1.1 2.6 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.9 2.0 0.9 Nenf 20.0 0.91.4 2.6 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 0.9 Mboat7 11.2 1.0 1.1 2.6 1.11.1 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.3 1.7 0.9 Emb 15.8 1.3 1.8 1.3 2.6 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.42.2 1.8 1.0 Jagn1 8.8 1.1 2.1 1.1 2.6 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.5 0.9Timm23 20.0 1.6 1.8 1.1 2.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.3 0.9 Hsd17b1215.3 1.1 2.2 1.7 2.5 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.3 1.7 0.9 Cers5 12.0 1.2 2.11.1 2.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 2.1 3.0 1.6 0.9 Slc25a26 20.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 2.51.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 Canx 6.8 1.1 1.6 1.2 2.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.71.8 2.6 1.6 0.9 Adpgk 16.2 1.2 1.8 1.2 2.5 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.5 2.0 1.50.9 Ktn1 7.7 1.1 1.4 1.2 2.5 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.8 Qil1 16.5 1.4 1.9 1.22.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.5 1.5 0.9 Pitrm1 17.1 1.2 2.1 1.4 2.4 1.2 1.01.6 1.9 2.2 3.4 2.0 1.0 Rab11b 13.8 1.2 1.6 1.2 2.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.82.4 1.5 0.9 Clptm1 13.3 1.5 2.3 1.1 2.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 2.5 1.5 0.9Ctage5 6.3 1.1 2.3 1.1 2.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.9 Gstm1 20.01.3 2.3 1.5 2.1 1.4 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.6 2.2 1.1 Lpcat3 18.7 1.0 1.4 2.3 2.21.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1 Gm20671 20.0 1.1 1.8 2.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.41.0 Pisd 20.0 1.1 1.8 2.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.0 Creld1 20.0 1.2 1.8 1.32.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 4.2 1.8 1.0 Aldh3a2 8.2 0.7 1.7 1.6 2.3 1.2 1.31.2 1.8 1.7 2.1 1.4 1.0 Tusc3 12.8 1.2 1.7 1.3 2.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.62.6 1.6 0.9 Atl2 5.5 1.3 2.0 1.1 2.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.8 Ckap4 7.41.2 2.0 1.1 2.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.8 1.4 0.9 Por 17.1 1.1 2.0 1.2 2.21.3 1.5 1.4 1.8 2.0 3.1 1.6 0.9 Pcyox1 18.2 1.0 1.7 1.2 2.2 1.2 1.8 1.21.4 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.0 Atp2a2 3.9 1.1 2.2 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.91.3 0.9 Vgf 20.0 1.5 1.0 1.1 2.2 1.7 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 Bri3bp20.0 1.2 2.0 1.1 2.2 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.6 0.8 Sec22b 5.4 1.3 1.41.2 2.2 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 Nptn 17.4 1.4 1.2 2.2 2.0 1.91.0 Tmed7 4.7 1.1 1.5 1.1 2.2 1.1 1.0 1.5 2.1 1.6 1.1 Kdelr3 20.0 1.31.2 1.1 2.2 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.0 Kdelr2 20.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 2.1 1.10.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.0 Tmem165 13.0 1.1 1.5 1.1 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.21.5 1.5 1.0 Rtn4 12.7 1.1 1.8 1.1 2.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.8Slc2a3 7.3 1.0 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 Scg3 20.0 1.5 1.21.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 Ptges2 15.6 1.4 2.1 1.4 1.0 1.21.3 1.3 1.4 2.3 1.8 0.9 Plec 20.0 1.4 2.1 Bnip1 20.0 1.4 2.1 1.0 1.2 1.11.3 Nucb1 20.0 1.3 1.5 1.2 2.1 1.3 0.9 3.1 4.7 5.6 6.2 3.4 1.0 Tmed120.0 1.2 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.6 0.9 Ctsd 20.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.22.0 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 0.9 Abhd12 8.5 1.2 1.8 1.0 2.0 1.2 1.0 1.21.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.0 Eci1 20.0 0.9 2.0 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.4 3.81.5 2.5 Lbr 3.6 1.2 2.0 1.0 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.2 0.8 Tmem334.9 1.2 1.8 1.2 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.4 1.0 Derl1 9.7 1.2 1.81.3 2.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.2 1.0 Cyp20a1 11.9 1.2 1.8 1.1 2.0 1.31.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.8 Sel1l 14.0 1.2 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.51.9 1.5 1.0 Calu 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.8 1.1 1.1 Vbp1 7.21.2 1.1 1.1 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.9 2.0 1.6 0.9 Pmpca 19.1 1.0 1.9 1.2 0.81.3 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 0.9 Pex16 12.4 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 0.91.5 2.3 2.2 1.4 0.8 Prkar1a 16.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.0 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.81.6 1.0 Tmed10 5.8 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.0 Them63.8 1.2 1.9 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.8 Lman2 12.0 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.90.7 1.2 1.1 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.8 Tpp1 20.0 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 0.8 1.4 1.41.8 2.0 1.5 0.9 Eif3f 3.8 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.9Tmx4 4.8 1.1 1.9 1.0 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 0.8 Sco2 20.0 1.51.9 1.0 1.5 1.0 Lmf2 4.8 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.5 1.7 1.0Sqle 5.0 1.7 1.9 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.1 1.3 0.7 Pcyox1l 20.0 1.1 1.51.3 1.9 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.7 2.5 2.0 1.1 Vat1 4.4 1.2 1.6 1.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.21.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 Acad9 8.6 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.70.8 Atad3 7.8 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.8 Slc25a3312.0 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.4 0.9 Cyp51a1 10.8 1.41.8 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.5 2.2 2.3 3.1 1.2 0.7 Slc25a1 7.4 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.81.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.8 Pigs 4.4 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.72.0 1.2 0.9 Clpp 20.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.1 0.9 1.4 2.1 3.6 9.0 2.4 1.0ptplad1 7.5 1.1 1.8 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.3 1.7 1.0 Bsg 20.0 1.31.3 1.0 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 Stip1 3.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.81.4 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.9 1.6 0.9 Ncstn 20.0 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.61.2 1.8 1.3 0.8 Akr1c12 20.0 1.4 1.8 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 Npepps 20.0 0.9 1.11.8 1.5 4.3 Tor1aip1 12.0 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 Ppt1 20.0 1.2 1.10.8 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.1 4.3 1.2 0.6 Mpv17l2 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.41.8 1.1 1.2 1.0 3.6 1.5 1.0 Uncharac- 20.0 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.8 1.0 1.1 1.63.0 1.1 0.8 terized Kdelr1 20.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.51.1 1.0 Mtch2 10.5 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.8 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 0.9 Cisd111.9 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 2.4 1.6 0.8 Ndufs2 20.0 1.1 1.31.7 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.9 Acsl4 3.4 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.11.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.0 Akr1c13 20.0 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.11.0 Ttll12 3.1 1.1 1.7 Cend1 3.0 1.7 1.7 0.9 Atp13a1 14.3 1.1 1.4 1.11.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2 1.7 0.9 Mtdh 12.5 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.21.3 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.5 0.7 Rpn2 3.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.71.2 0.9 Psmb2 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 2.2 1.7 0.9 Spcs211.3 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.6 0.9 Phb2 5.2 1.2 1.2 1.11.7 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 0.8 Lrrc59 3.7 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.21.3 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.3 0.9 Atp2b1 11.5 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.41.7 1.8 0.8 P4ha2 11.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.8 Rab1A3.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.8 Zmpste24 11.3 1.31.7 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.9 1.4 0.9 Mtch1 11.3 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.71.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.9 Psmd11 4.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.7 0.9 1.3 1.30.9 Whsc1 20.0 1.8 1.0 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.6 Timm50 4.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.10.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 Surf4 10.5 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.72.0 1.4 1.0 Lmna 8.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.3 0.9Erlin1 4.5 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.1 Slc25a10 4.6 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.10.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 Dpp7 20.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.71.0 0.7 1.5 1.1 Rpn1 15.0 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.20.8 Myl6 3.7 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.0 Dld 12.7 1.0 1.11.1 1.6 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 Gaa 18.6 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.0 0.51.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.0 Eef1d 14.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.40.8 Slc25a20 19.4 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.4 3.4 1.5 1.1 Psap20.0 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.8 P4hb 7.9 1.1 1.21.4 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.0 Parl 7.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.11.3 1.4 1.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 Slc25a12 3.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.91.0 1.1 0.9 Scpep1 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.0Icmt 13.0 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 Ftl1 13.6 1.31.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.7 Tmem206 20.0 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.6 0.6 1.1 1.3 0.71.2 0.8 Pank4 20.0 1.5 1.6 Rab2a 4.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.61.6 1.3 0.9 Ociad1 7.8 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.3 0.9Vim 16.0 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.8 Mrpl46 20.0 1.11.3 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 Kiaa0664 20.0 1.8 1.2 1.61.0 1.5 2.2 1.0 1.9 2.1 1.1 Incenp 20.0 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.8 1.71.2 Dhfr 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.6 0.8 2.0 1.6 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.8 Naglu 20.0 1.11.3 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.3 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.0 Hadh 12.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.60.8 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 Atp6v1b2 10.8 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.10.9 1.2 1.0 P4ha1 9.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.0 Phgdh 3.9 1.3 1.2 1.31.5 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.9 Ipo4 20.0 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.01.0 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.4 0.9 Kpna2 4.4 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.91.3 1.2 0.9 Scarb2 20.0 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.3 1.0Gba 20.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 2.2 2.4 1.1 H2-L 13.3 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.40.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.7 0.9 Ptrh2 4.5 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.01.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 Tfrc 11.5 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.11.0 Immt 5.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.3 0.9 H2-K1 9.11.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.6 0.9 Atp5f1 11.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.51.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 0.9 Atp1a1 3.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.41.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.8 Nup93 9.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.11.4 0.8 Idh2 3.4 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 Arl6ip120.0 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.9 Atp5l 5.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.01.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.9 Csnk1a1 20.0 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.5 0.9Dhcr7 3.0 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.0 Eif3e 4.1 1.21.2 1.1 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.8 Hars 20.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 0.90.9 1.6 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.5 0.9 Mcm6 20.0 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.01.6 2.0 1.0 Sec63 7.5 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.5 0.9Psmb6 20.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.4 2.5 1.9 0.9 Mest 4.6 1.11.5 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.3 0.9 Dctpp1 20.0 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.31.0 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.6 0.8 Puf60 10.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.21.0 1.2 1.3 1.0 Slc38a2 3.9 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9Letm1 4.8 1.2 0.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.6 Chgb 20.0 1.3 1.20.9 1.5 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.9 Cops6 20.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.0 Hspa515.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.9 Cope 20.0 1.4 0.91.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 0.8 Fxr1 11.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.11.5 1.1 Myh9 7.7 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.7 0.9 Asah120.0 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.6 2.2 2.1 1.2 0.9 Hsp90b1 4.8 1.0 1.11.2 1.5 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.9 Itgb1 11.2 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.31.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 Prph 15.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.10.8 Abcd3 11.0 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 Eef1g 5.11.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.1 Sptbn1 11.0 1.1 1.1 1.31.5 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.9 MLV- 3.6 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.51.2 1.0 related Slc25a16 20.0 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 Emc3 9.1 1.3 1.51.0 Ganab 3.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.0 Nup20511.1 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 Syncrip 6.9 1.1 1.2 1.11.4 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 0.9 Mki67ip 15.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.01.2 1.5 1.8 2.3 1.5 1.2 Tpm4 16.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.41.0 0.9 Timm44 11.7 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 0.9Tomm20 20.0 1.9 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 Atp5a1 4.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.41.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.0 Prkra 20.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 Gstp1 4.0 1.31.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.9 1.1 Rcn2 20.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.41.0 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 0.9 Mtap 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.41.1 1.5 1.5 0.9 Shmt2 6.0 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.30.9 Psmb3 20.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.8 Epdr1 20.01.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.4 2.4 5.8 7.8 3.6 0.9 Atad1 3.5 1.3 1.3 1.11.4 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.8 Cacybp 3.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.11.2 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.9 Tpr 15.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 Dnajc11 5.71.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 Sv2c 20.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.21.1 1.2 1.1 3.2 1.3 0.8 Stoml2 6.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.91.7 1.5 1.0 Hnrnph2 3.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0Prep 6.0 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.0 Dhrs7b 3.5 1.2 1.41.3 1.3 1.4 2.0 Tnpo1 4.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.40.9 Psmb7 20.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Ruvbl13.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.9 Ptbp1 7.6 1.1 1.2 1.11.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 Slc25a22 5.7 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.01.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 Ptgs1 11.1 1.3 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.31.6 1.5 1.0 Pdcd5 20.0 1.2 1.4 Slc25a4 9.7 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.01.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 Ahcy 4.3 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.1 Tpm3-rs7 20.01.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.9 Acsl1 3.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.31.0 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.3 0.8 Ech1 17.4 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 4.213.1 1.3 1.1 Hnrnph1 3.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.9Eif5 19.1 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.8 Asns 3.3 1.21.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.9 Syne2 11.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.40.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 0.8 Mrpl39 6.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.7 Samm50 11.11.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 Emc1 3.9 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.11.4 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.4 0.9 Actn4 3.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.01.1 1.1 0.9 Rab18 4.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.0 Faf25.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 Lgals1 4.9 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.91.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 Hspa8 6.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.41.3 0.9 Pfn1 11.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.4 0.9 Tpi13.0 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.9 Shmt1 6.0 1.8 1.31.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.9 Psma6 11.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.20.9 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.6 0.9 Psmb1 20.0 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.01.4 1.3 0.8 Apoo 17.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.8Lmnb1 10.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.9 Actn1 7.1 1.21.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 Nap1l1 11.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.31.2 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.8 Vat1l 5.6 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.50.9 0.9 1.4 1.0 Tubb5 4.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.30.9 Hspa1l 4.6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 Phb 3.3 1.21.2 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 Tomm40 7.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.31.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 Cops4 13.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.81.0 1.0 1.0 Tubb2a 3.6 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.9Nono 10.9 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.9 Tubb6 3.5 1.31.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.3 0.8 Ipo7 5.3 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.00.8 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.8 Tubb4b 3.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.10.8 1.0 1.3 0.9 Psmb5 20.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.51.0 Sdhb 9.5 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.4 0.9 Opa1 9.01.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.1 0.9 Ipo9 15.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.31.0 1.3 1.0 1.9 0.9 Plod3 3.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.61.2 1.0 Ywhae 7.6 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0 Ppm1l20.0 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.7 Slc25a5 8.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.00.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 Arf3 3.6 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.3 Mtx1 7.4 1.31.2 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 Tubb3 3.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.31.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.9 Hyou1 3.3 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.21.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 Echs1 4.4 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.30.8 Fam49b 4.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 Elavl2 11.0 1.1 1.11.3 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 Ywhab 9.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.1 1.21.0 1.1 1.3 1.0 Sptan1 8.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.0Hk1 8.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 Srm 3.7 1.1 1.1 1.01.2 0.8 1.0 0.9 Psmb8 20.0 0.7 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.9 Atp6v0a1 14.2 1.21.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.9 Arf4 12.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.21.1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.0 Pfkp 4.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.51.6 0.8 Ina 20.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 Pfkl 4.7 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.21.1 1.3 1.4 0.7 Arf5 8.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.0Plod1 4.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.3 0.9 Mcm7 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.20.9 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 Actr2 3.6 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.11.0 Vdac1 20.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 Psmb420.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 Arf1 6.2 1.1 1.11.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.0 Vdac2 16.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.91.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 Ap3m1 20.0 1.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.1 Mcee 20.00.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 Actr3 3.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.11.1 0.9 Khsrp 3.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 Hm13 12.11.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 Sdhc 3.7 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.01.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 Apmap 11.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.8 Ostc 6.2 1.1 1.1 1.01.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 Ctsb 9.6 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.80.7 1.1 0.9 Fah 20.0 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.9 Nap1l4 13.6 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.10.8 1.1 1.2 0.9 Psme1 3.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.7 Actn23.5 1.0 1.2 Atp5c1 4.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0Glo1 8.0 1.1 1.2 1.5 0.8 Mif 6.7 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.01.2 0.9 Pmpcb 12.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3 Atp5b 3.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.21.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 Plbd2 20.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 Slc25a15 20.01.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.7 Prdx3 6.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.71.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 Aifm1 11.0 1.4 1.1 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.8 Fus 4.81.1 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.2 Pck2 12.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.91.2 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.8 Pitpnb 20.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.4 1.81.7 1.2 Rps27a 6.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 Uba52 6.01.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 Ubc 6.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.11.3 1.2 1.1 Fam162a 11.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.0 Mpp6 20.01.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 0.9 Nnt 3.7 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.5 1.11.1 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.0 Otub1 5.8 1.2 1.1 Stom 4.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.01.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 Nudt9 20.0 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.9 0.7 Rbmxl1 6.0 1.1 1.01.1 1.2 1.3 0.8 Rtn4ip1 15.1 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.8 Cox15 12.3 1.31.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.9 Iars2 20.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.81.0 0.7 Pdp1 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.4 Micu1 20.0 1.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Apool 6.4 1.20.9 1.0 Lmnb2 20.0 1.1 1.9 0.9 Fkbp2 5.6 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.1 Dctn2 11.6 1.20.7

TABLE 4C A549 (A-DA) Competition Flurbiprofen Rofecoxib FK-866 AvasimibeRo 48-8071 Ro 48-8071 GeneName Accession No UV DMSO (25 μM) (25 μM) (25μM) (25 μM) (5.0 μM) (50 μM) PNPLA6 Q8IY17 14.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.620.0 TIMM17B O60830 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8 20.0 FAM114A2 Q9NRY520.0 1.4 1.2 1.8 1.2 2.8 1.8 20.0 APOL2 Q9BQE5 20.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.21.4 20.0 TMEM97 Q5BJF2 20.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.8 2.0 20.0 20.0 NPC1 O1511820.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.3 2.8 20.0 ABHD5 Q8WTS1 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 20.01.6 7.0 LSS P48449 20.0 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.7 2.3 20.0 20.0 FA2H Q7L5A8 17.21.7 1.4 1.2 2.2 2.1 20.0 EBP Q15125 20.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 16.0 19.6 AIFM2Q9BRQ8 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.0 16.1 2.2 7.5 NAMPT P43490 12.8 1.6 1.4 1.310.6 1.5 1.8 15.0 PLIN3 O60664 20.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.8 1.7 8.9 ARFGAP1Q8N6T3 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.4 14.3 1.9 PNPLA2 Q96AD5 20.0 1.9 1.6 1.3 2.28.1 2.0 10.5 KDSR Q06136 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.7 12.9 DHRS1 Q96LJ720.0 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.6 7.7 1.5 12.1 PTGR2 Q8N8N7 20.0 1.5 1.7 12.0 2.1 4.2TPD52L2 O43399 18.0 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.8 1.6 8.4 TLCD1 Q96CP7 20.0 1.11.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 11.7 ERMP1 Q7Z2K6 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.4 3.2PLIN2 Q99541 20.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.6 9.0 1.7 9.2 APMAP Q9HDC9 20.0 1.3 1.21.4 1.6 2.1 1.8 8.8 SLC25A20 O43772 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.7 3.1 2.6 1.6 4.6RTN4IP1 Q8WWV3 20.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 2.1 7.7 1.4 2.4 PCYOX1 Q9UHG3 20.0 1.21.1 1.1 2.6 1.4 2.5 6.9 CAV1 Q03135 12.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 2.2 6.9TTMM17A Q99595 20.0 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.2 6.7 GPR107 Q5VW38 20.0 1.31.2 1.1 1.7 2.6 1.6 6.5 PON2 Q15165 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 4.3 2.5 1.5 3.6GPD2 P43304 12.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.1 NUCB1 Q02818 15.2 1.4 1.21.1 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 TRAM1 Q15629 20.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 5.3HSD17B11 Q8NBQ5 17.4 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.5 4.6 1.6 3.5 ECH1 Q13011 13.5 1.31.2 1.1 1.6 1.4 1.6 5.1 HADHA P40939 11.8 1.3 1.2 1.1 2.4 5.1 1.4 1.5POC1B- F8VUJ3 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 2.1 2.4 1.8 5.0 GALNT4 GALNT4 Q8N4A0 20.01.5 1.4 1.2 2.1 2.4 1.8 5.0 LBR Q14739 15.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 2.1 2.3 5.0FAF2 Q96CS3 20.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 4.9 2.0 4.1 FAM82A1 Q96LZ7 20.0 1.3 1.21.3 2.1 4.9 1.5 NDUFS2 O75306 15.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.4 1.1 1.5 4.9 FECHP22830 13.8 1.4 1.4 1.9 4.8 0.3 1.7 1.9 SCARB1 Q8WTV0 20.0 1.0 0.9 1.21.3 1.1 1.9 4.8 C2orf43 Q9H6V9 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.3 4.6 RTN3O95197 14.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.9 1.6 4.5 CPT2 P23786 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 4.41.5 1.4 2.2 BSG P35613 20.0 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.4 2.4 4.3 CYB5B O4316920.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 2.1 1.5 4.2 SCCPDH Q8NBX0 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.2 2.2 3.41.6 4.1 RDH10 Q8IZV5 20.0 1.9 1.7 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.9 2.8 VAT1 Q99536 7.81.4 1.3 1.1 4.0 0.8 1.4 2.5 UGT1A7 Q9HAW7 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.1 1.7 1.64.0 SLC39A7 Q92504 14.8 1.1 1.0 1.5 2.3 1.7 1.4 1.5 DHRS3 O75911 15.61.6 1.5 1.2 2.0 3.0 1.8 3.1 DNAJC1 Q96KC8 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.63.9 DHRSX Q8N5I4 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.4 3.7 1.6 2.7 PTGS2 P35354 3.2 1.63.7 3.6 1.9 1.5 2.5 3.3 FAM213A Q9BRX8 3.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.3 2.3COQ5 Q5HYK3 20.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.0 3.4 HMOX2 P30519 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.11.3 1.4 1.3 3.4 VDAC2 P45880 19.7 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 3.4 VDAC1P21796 20.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.4 3.3 SQLE Q14534 20.0 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.62.3 1.4 3.3 LPCAT3 Q6P1A2 20.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 3.3 2.1 1.3 2.7 SEC11A P6781220.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 3.3 NUCB2 P80303 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.71.5 1.7 AKR1C3 P42330 3.2 1.6 2.2 2.2 3.3 2.8 1.2 1.4 RTN4 Q9NQC3 14.71.5 1.4 1.2 1.7 2.6 1.4 2.8 NSDHL Q15738 16.9 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.4 3.2 1.52.5 PON3 Q15166 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.6 2.9 ENDOD1 O94919 17.0 1.71.3 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.9 AUP1 Q9Y679 13.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.7 2.8 1.7 2.3 PSAPP07602 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 2.3 3.1 LPCAT1 Q8NF37 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.11.4 1.9 1.6 3.1 ANKLE2 Q86XL3 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.9 1.7 3.1 DHCR24Q15392 12.9 1.4 1.3 1.0 2.3 1.9 0.6 1.6 SGPL1 O95470 19.7 1.4 1.3 1.41.2 1.3 1.5 3.0 NPTN Q9Y639 20.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.3 3.0 HSD17B12Q53GQ0 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 2.0 1.4 3.0 EPHX1 P07099 7.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.82.5 1.4 1.8 CYP4F12 Q9HCS2 7.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.9 AGPAT9 Q53EU620.0 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 2.7 1.5 2.9 C16orf58 Q96GQ5 16.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.61.5 1.7 2.9 VMP1 Q96GC9 16.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.7 2.1 SLC1A5 Q157583.4 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.0 UGCG Q16739 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.9CYP51A1 Q16850 8.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.0 2.0 CYB5R3 P00387 7.7 1.5 1.31.1 1.6 2.3 1.7 2.0 TMPO P42167 7.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.7 ACSL3O95573 12.2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.5 2.1 1.5 2.3 FDFT1 P37268 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.61.8 1.6 1.1 2.5 ALDH3A2 P51648 8.1 1.5 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.5 1.6 2.5 NCEH1Q6PIU2 12.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.8 TMEM48 Q9BTX1 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.21.2 1.4 1.5 2.8 PTGES2 Q9H7Z7 12.5 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.5 2.7 PTGR1Q14914 3.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 2.7 0.8 1.5 1.4 EMC1 Q8N766 16.4 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.51.4 1.7 1.8 TUBA8 Q9NY65 3.6 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.2 2.7 1.0 1.2 CERS6 Q6ZMG97.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 2.7 SCARB2 Q14108 20.0 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.22.7 CLPTM1 O96005 15.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 CYP4F11 Q9HBI6 7.61.4 1.3 1.1 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.9 SAR1B Q9Y6B6 20.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 2.1 1.42.4 CTSD P07339 20.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.7 2.1 NR3C1 P04150 5.4 1.31.4 2.6 TCIRG1 Q13488 20.0 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 SRPRB Q9Y5M8 20.0 1.4 1.21.1 1.3 1.1 1.5 2.6 TMED3 Q9Y3Q3 20.0 1.3 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.4 2.1 MTDHQ86UE4 19.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.3 2.1 POR P16435 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.41.2 1.4 2.6 FITM2 Q8N6M3 4.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.6 0.9 1.4 TAPBP O15533 20.01.3 1.3 1.7 1.9 CDIPT O14735 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.6 TUBA4AP68366 3.6 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 2.6 1.0 1.2 CYP4F3 Q08477 10.1 1.4 1.3 1.51.8 1.8 TUBA1A Q71U36 3.5 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.3 2.5 1.0 1.2 UNC93B1 Q9H1C411.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.1 1.3 2.0 2.0 CERS2 Q96G23 13.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 0.71.5 2.5 LPCAT2 Q7L5N7 20.0 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.5 MOGS Q13724 6.3 1.51.2 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.5 HMOX1 P09601 19.3 1.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.9 CEPT1Q9Y6K0 14.9 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3 2.5 ASPH Q12797 4.6 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.41.4 1.4 ALG5 Q9Y673 20.0 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.2 RPS27A P62979 4.8 1.5 1.2 1.01.6 0.8 1.4 1.3 Uncharac- E9PBQ3 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.2 2.5 terizedTMEM199 Q8N511 20.0 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.8 1.2 2.5 SLC30A7 Q8NEW0 9.2 1.21.2 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.2 2.1 ALDH3B1 P43353 6.3 1.6 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 2.1JAGN1 Q8N5M9 13.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.9 ANO10 Q9NW15 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.31.2 1.8 2.0 DERL1 Q9BUN8 13.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.3 2.4 TMX4 Q9H1E58.6 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.5 LMF2 Q9BU23 13.8 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.4 2.4CANX P27824 8.2 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.1 YIF1B Q5BJH7 15.2 1.3 1.31.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 2.1 TMCO1 Q9UM00 5.8 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.4 PIGOQ8TEQ8 13.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.6 2.3 GPAA1 O43292 20.0 1.1 1.2 1.11.3 1.2 1.6 2.4 SAR1A Q9NR31 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.3 2.1 TUBBP07437 3.9 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.1 2.4 1.1 1.3 PITRM1 Q5JRX3 3.3 1.3 1.5 2.1 1.61.5 1.4 1.2 CCDC47 Q96A33 12.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.4 2.4 COMT P2196415.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 2.2 PGRMC1 O00264 12.6 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.21.4 1.6 TMEM208 Q9BTX3 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 ITGA3 P26006 20.01.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 2.4 cDNA B4DNA9 4.7 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.8GALNT1 Q10472 18.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.6 2.4 SEL1L Q9UBV2 20.0 1.5 1.21.1 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.9 UBA52 P62987 4.0 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.4 1.3 AGPAT6Q86UL3 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.4 TUBB4B P68371 3.8 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.12.3 1.1 1.3 ACSL4 O60488 4.8 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 2.0 SYNGR2 O437605.8 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 2.0 LCLAT1 Q6UWP7 9.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.21.8 LPGAT1 Q92604 9.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 ABHD16A O95870 20.01.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.8 1.7 ABHD12 Q8N2K0 20.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.8TM9SF2 Q99805 20.0 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.7 TUBB2B Q9BVA1 3.9 1.2 1.31.1 1.1 2.3 1.1 1.3 AGPS O00116 13.6 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.3 ICMTO60725 4.8 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.9 TUBB3 Q13509 3.7 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.1 2.31.1 1.2 TMX1 Q9H3N1 13.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 ARSE P51690 13.31.9 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.4 1.4 1.7 TOR1AIP1 Q5JTV8 4.1 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.62.3 ANXA4 P09525 3.3 1.6 1.6 2.1 2.0 0.7 1.5 1.1 CPT1A P50416 8.3 1.51.4 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 RAB11B Q15907 7.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.7FAM134C Q86VR2 3.8 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.4 CDS2 O95674 12.4 1.4 1.31.1 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 ATP2A2 P16615 14.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.4 2.3 MFSD5Q6N075 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.5 PIGU Q9H490 20.0 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.62.2 TUBB6 Q9BUF5 3.9 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 2.2 1.2 1.3 TM9SF3 Q9HD45 12.6 1.41.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 CLPTM1L Q96KA5 16.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.5 2.2TMEM68 Q96MH6 15.1 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.8 TAP1 Q03518 15.0 1.8 1.41.1 1.7 1.3 1.5 2.0 SLC30A6 Q6NXT4 20.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.3 ATP6V0A1Q93050 12.7 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.2 LMAN2 Q12907 7.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.01.5 1.8 PTDSS1 P48651 14.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.8 2.2 SOAT1 P35610 12.61.3 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 RPN1 P04843 7.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2ALG1 Q9BT22 6.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.2 SFXN1 Q9H9B4 4.5 1.4 1.3 1.11.6 1.4 1.4 1.1 LETM1 O95202 5.0 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.8 0.4 1.3 1.2 EMD P5040210.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.6 0.8 SEC61A1 P61619 7.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.21.7 2.0 TOMM22 Q9NS69 18.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 CYB5A P00167 16.51.3 1.2 2.2 1.3 1.0 RAB10 P61026 4.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.6 ERLIN1O75477 12.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 SEC63 Q9UGP8 17.7 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.51.2 1.8 2.0 CYP2S1 Q96SQ9 4.7 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 PTGES O146843.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 LMBR1 Q8WVP7 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.5SDHB P21912 18.3 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.6 1.6 SQRDL Q9Y6N5 5.2 1.4 1.31.1 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.6 TMED2 Q15363 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.9 PGRMC2O15173 20.0 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 AAAS Q9NRG9 5.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.51.2 1.8 1.9 MBOAT7 Q96N66 12.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.7 1.5 2.1 TMX2 Q9Y32013.6 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 0.8 1.7 2.0 SPTLC1 O15269 20.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.01.4 2.1 TMEM214 Q6NUQ4 13.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.3 HCCS P53701 4.11.1 0.7 1.5 1.4 UGDH O60701 3.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.1 1.6 KDELR3O43731 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.5 2.1 1.4 1.6 RETSAT Q6NUM9 12.4 1.4 1.3 1.21.4 1.7 1.5 1.9 PTPLB Q6Y1H2 3.3 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.4 ADPGK Q9BRR612.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.1 ITGB1 P05556 5.8 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.81.7 1.7 ESYT2 A0FGR8 11.9 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.6 ABCD3 P28288 11.41.3 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 PIGS Q96S52 11.5 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.9SPTLC2 O15270 14.2 1.4 1.0 1.7 1.1 1.4 ILVBL A1L0T0 13.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.91.5 1.5 2.1 ATL3 Q6DD88 9.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 TMEM245 Q9H33016.7 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.7 SLC25A32 Q9H2D1 18.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.41.5 1.5 SIGMAR1 Q99720 14.4 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.1 VEZT Q9HBM0 12.4 1.1 1.01.5 1.3 RAB11A P62491 7.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.8 APOO Q9BUR5 10.51.4 1.1 1.1 1.6 0.7 1.6 1.2 ATP2B1 P20020 5.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.51.1 ERGIC1 Q969X5 8.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 ATP13A1 Q9HD20 20.01.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.8 PPT1 P50897 20.0 1.0 1.2 1.6 0.6 2.1 1.3MARCH5 Q9NX47 4.1 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.2 ERLIN2 O94905 12.8 1.3 1.3 1.41.4 1.8 1.4 STOML2 Q9UJZ1 3.7 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.3 STT3B Q8TCJ211.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 AGPAT5 Q9NUQ2 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.21.2 2.0 HM13 Q8TCT9 18.9 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.7 CYC1 P08574 3.7 1.51.3 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 SLC27A2 O14975 8.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5DDOST P39656 6.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 2.0 IMMT Q16891 4.3 1.4 1.1 1.11.4 1.1 1.3 0.9 PTRH2 Q9Y3E5 4.9 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.0 STT3AP46977 16.6 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.5 2.0 GHITM Q9H3K2 8.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.31.1 1.2 1.9 DHRS7 Q9Y394 9.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 TECR Q9NZ0113.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.4 2.0 SSR4 P51571 6.9 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.41.5 TIMM50 Q3ZCQ8 6.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.2 FAM162A Q96A26 5.5 1.31.3 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.7 1.6 REEP5 Q00765 4.9 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.0LRRC59 Q96AG4 7.9 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.6 PHB2 Q99623 8.3 1.2 1.11.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.4 SSR1 P43307 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.5 2.0ZMPSTE24 O75844 15.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.9 SPCS2 Q15005 12.7 1.31.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 DOLK Q9UPQ8 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4SEC61A2 Q9H9S3 11.9 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0 KDELR2 P33947 16.1 1.1 1.0 1.11.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 RPN2 P04844 4.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 TMEM205Q6UW68 5.8 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.2 TMED7 Q9Y3B3 9.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.31.0 1.3 1.8 DHCR7 Q9UBM7 5.2 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 TTRAP3 Q6JUT29.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.8 PTPLAD1 Q9P035 8.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.9 AIFM1O95831 4.1 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.2 TMED10 P49755 5.6 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.41.6 1.4 1.7 ATL2 Q8NHH9 12.9 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.8 BCAP31 P515725.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.9 SAMM50 Q9Y512 10.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.31.1 1.0 SLC25A13 Q9UJS0 4.1 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.0 SURF4 O15260 8.41.2 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 SCAMP2 O15127 20.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.91.9 TPP1 O14773 5.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.6 DPY19L1 Q2PZI1 13.1 1.61.3 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.8 1.9 SUN1 O94901 11.9 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7ATAD3A Q9NVI7 3.3 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.2 1.2 PEX11B O96011 3.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.21.2 1.1 ACADVL P49748 3.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.1 TMEM33 P57088 4.21.3 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.4 HSD17B4 P51659 3.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.21.5 MGST1 P10620 4.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.4 TFRC P02786 4.6 1.5 1.21.2 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 RAB1B Q9H0U4 3.8 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.2 ITPRIPQ8IWB1 13.4 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.8 KDELR1 P24390 20.0 1.1 1.0 1.21.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 HTATIP2 Q9BUP3 6.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 TMEM126AQ9H061 13.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.6 MGST3 O14880 3.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.51.6 1.3 1.0 OPA3 Q9H6K4 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.7 1.8 PHB P35232 5.1 1.31.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 TMEM43 Q9BTV4 6.9 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.6ERP44 Q9BS26 11.8 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 ANXA1 P04083 3.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.21.1 1.5 ARF1 P84077 5.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 ARF3 P61204 5.2 1.51.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 SFXN3 Q9BWM7 4.3 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 SCO1 O758805.7 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.8 HSDL1 Q3SXM5 20.0 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3SACM1L Q9NTJ5 5.3 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.5 CISD1 Q9NZ45 3.7 1.1 1.11.1 1.3 1.0 1.2 ESYT1 Q9BSJ8 4.3 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 TMX3 Q96JJ76.4 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.8 GNPAT O15228 4.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.41.6 SLC25A24 Q6NUK1 4.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.1 ACOX1 Q15067 3.6 1.31.2 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 ARF4 P18085 5.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.6LMAN1 P49257 20.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 SLC25A1 P53007 3.1 1.3 1.11.0 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.0 ARF5 P84085 13.6 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.1 TMEM19Q96HH6 14.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 TIMM23 O14925 3.5 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3TSPAN6 O43657 20.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.9 OXA1L Q15070 5.8 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.30.8 1.6 1.3 RDH11 Q8TC12 8.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.5 APOOL Q6UXV420.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.7 MPV17 P39210 3.1 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.3 1.0CLN6 Q9NWW5 3.6 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5 MT-ND2 P03891 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.61.5 1.2 TOMM40 O96008 3.7 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 MTCH2 Q9Y6C9 12.61.3 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 CKAP4 Q07065 8.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.7MTCH1 Q9NZJ7 3.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.3 IKBIP Q70UQ0 4.7 1.0 1.11.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 ATP5F1 P24539 5.7 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.5 1.1 CAPN2P17655 4.4 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.6 VDAC3 Q9Y277 4.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.21.2 1.1 BRI3BP Q8WY22 6.6 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.6 SRP68 Q9UHB9 4.51.2 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.5 AGK Q53H12 5.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2 NCLNQ969V3 12.6 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 MCU Q8NE86 9.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.60.8 1.3 1.1 Uncharac- H3BN98 4.7 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.4 terizedSLC25A5 P05141 3.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.1 ERGIC2 Q96RQ1 20.0 1.31.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 NNT Q13423 20.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.4 0.4 1.0 0.9SLC25A4 P12235 3.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 NDUFA10 O95299 4.3 1.51.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.3 SLC25A6 P12236 3.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1EIF5AL1 Q6IS14 3.8 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.4 UBC P0CG48 4.0 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.41.3 SUN2 Q9UH99 20.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 SERPINE2 P07093 4.5 1.0 0.8 1.10.9

TABLE 4D A549 (AEA-DA) Competition Gene Name Accession No UV DMSO FK866(25 μM) NAMPT P43490 20.0 1.3 20.0 DHRS1 Q96LJ7 20.0 1.3 20.0 EPHX2P34913 20.0 1.3 20.0 FECH P22830 20.0 1.3 13.7 AKR1C1 Q04828 17.8 1.29.3 AKR1C2 P52895 17.8 1.3 9.2 SCCPDH Q8NBX0 20.0 1.1 8.1 ALDH1A1 P0035214.9 1.3 7.6 AKR1C3 P42330 18.4 1.3 6.0 PTGR2 Q8N8N7 20.0 1.2 5.1 PON2Q15165 20.0 1.2 2.9 CYP4F12 Q9HCS2 20.0 1.0 2.4 CPT2 P23786 20.0 1.3 2.3HADHA P40939 20.0 1.3 1.8 AKR1B15 C9JRZ8 14.7 1.3 1.8 AKR1B10 O60218 9.91.2 1.7 ALDH3A1 P30838 20.0 1.2 1.7 ACADVL P49748 6.6 1.2 1.5 UGT1A9O60656 20.0 1.3 1.5 UGT1A7 Q9HAW7 20.0 1.3 1.5 NENF Q9UMX5 20.0 1.1 1.4ALDH2 P05091 3.8 1.1 1.4 YWHAZ P63104 3.0 1.3 1.3 TMEM97 Q5BJF2 20.0 1.01.3 EPHX1 P07099 8.1 1.3 1.2 NDUFS2 O75306 20.0 1.5 1.2 SLC25A20 O4377220.0 1.2 1.2 UGDH O60701 3.6 1.2 1.1 ABHD10 Q9NUJ1 20.0 1.3 1.1 EEF1A1P68104 3.1 1.3 1.1 NQO1 P15559 14.5 1.3 1.1 GPX2 P18283 20.0 1.3 1.0ILVBL A1L0T0 20.0 1.5 1.0 MGST3 O14880 4.1 1.1 1.0 TUBA1A Q71U36 5.4 1.11.0 ECH1 Q13011 20.0 1.2 1.0 TUBA4A P68366 5.3 1.3 1.0 CYP51A1 Q1685020.0 1.2 1.0 TSPO P30536 20.0 1.0 1.0 CYP4F11 Q9HBI6 20.0 1.2 1.0B4GALT1 P15291 8.4 1.3 1.0 TUBA8 Q9NY65 11.3 1.3 1.0 CES1 P23141 5.9 1.01.0 TUBB2B Q9BVA1 8.0 1.1 1.0 TUBB3 Q13509 7.8 1.1 1.0 TUBB4B P68371 8.11.1 1.0 CSNK1A1 P48729 17.5 1.1 1.0 TUBB P07437 8.9 1.1 1.0 PFN1 P077376.4 1.2 1.0 SLC27A2 O14975 6.2 1.2 1.0 MPV17 P39210 15.7 1.7 0.9 MGST1P10620 3.9 1.2 0.9 PHB P35232 6.1 1.2 0.9 CTSD P07339 20.0 1.1 0.9 VDAC2P45880 20.0 1.1 0.9 LPGAT1 Q92604 7.8 1.1 0.9 PITRM1 Q5JRX3 20.0 1.3 0.9CLPP Q16740 20.0 1.2 0.9 PSMB2 P49721 20.0 1.3 0.9 KDELR1 P24390 19.71.1 0.9 DHCR24 Q15392 20.0 1.1 0.9 YWHAG P61981 3.2 1.0 0.9 HSP90AB1P08238 3.2 1.2 0.9 ALDH1B1 P30837 20.0 1.1 0.9 PPT1 P50897 20.0 1.1 0.9ARF1 P84077 13.6 1.4 0.9 ARF5 P84085 15.0 1.4 0.9 MYH9 P35579 3.0 1.40.9 RETSAT Q6NUM9 15.5 1.4 0.9 KDELR2 P33947 20.0 1.0 0.9 SCARB1 Q8WTV020.0 1.1 0.9 HSPA1B P08107 3.4 1.2 0.8 PON3 Q15166 20.0 1.2 0.8 SEC61A1P61619 8.4 1.1 0.8 ANXA1 P04083 7.0 1.2 0.8 APMAP Q9HDC9 15.7 1.2 0.8KDELR3 O43731 20.0 1.1 0.8 VDAC1 P21796 20.0 1.1 0.8 CCT2 P78371 20.01.2 0.8 ITGB1 P05556 6.8 1.2 0.8 FASN P49327 3.6 1.4 0.8 TIMM23 O1492520.0 1.2 0.8 AIFM1 O95831 6.7 1.3 0.8 GPD2 P43304 9.8 1.2 0.8 DERL1Q9BUN8 11.6 1.3 0.8 PCYOX1 Q9UHG3 20.0 1.2 0.8 KPNB1 Q14974 3.3 1.1 0.8ANXA2 P07355 3.9 1.1 0.8 TMED10 P49755 7.1 1.3 0.8 ABHD12 Q8N2K0 15.81.0 0.8 PTPLAD1 Q9P035 7.2 1.3 0.8 CPT1A P50416 14.8 1.4 0.8 GLB1 P1627820.0 1.2 0.8 HSD17B4 P51659 5.3 1.3 0.8 PTGES2 Q9H7Z7 20.0 1.2 0.8 ARF4P18085 14.8 1.3 0.8 RPN2 P04844 10.0 1.4 0.8 ALDH3A2 P51648 15.6 1.2 0.8TMED7 Q9Y3B3 6.8 1.0 0.8 STT3B Q8TCJ2 8.8 1.2 0.8 HSD17B12 Q53GQ0 20.01.2 0.8 CYB5B O43169 9.6 1.3 0.8 SURF4 O15260 9.5 1.1 0.8 ACOX1 Q150674.4 1.3 0.8 NCEH1 Q6PIU2 8.7 1.2 0.8 LRRC59 Q96AG4 6.8 1.0 0.8POC1B-GALNT4 F8VUJ3 20.0 1.0 0.8 GALNT4 Q8N4A0 20.0 1.0 0.8 PABPC1P11940 4.5 1.5 0.8 COMT P21964 6.8 1.2 0.8 GANAB Q14697 4.3 1.4 0.8 RCN2Q14257 20.0 1.4 0.8 SGPL1 O95470 20.0 1.3 0.8 STT3A P46977 14.2 1.1 0.8CANX P27824 9.0 1.2 0.7 HSD17B10 Q99714 3.7 1.3 0.7 STOML2 Q9UJZ1 5.31.2 0.7 ALG1 Q9BT22 7.4 1.0 0.7 HNRNPM P52272 3.2 1.2 0.7 ENDOD1 O9491920.0 1.3 0.7 PGRMC2 O15173 20.0 1.2 0.7 KDSR Q06136 20.0 1.3 0.7 AUP1Q9Y679 6.6 1.0 0.7 BSG P35613 20.0 1.3 0.7 HSP90B1 P14625 3.9 1.1 0.7SQLE Q14534 20.0 1.2 0.7 SPTBN1 Q01082 7.6 1.1 0.7 KPNA2 P52292 13.4 1.30.7 SPTLC1 O15269 20.0 1.2 0.7 SLC25A3 Q00325 3.3 1.1 0.7 PCK2 Q1682215.9 1.3 0.7 TRAM1 Q15629 20.0 1.1 0.7 TIMM17B O60830 20.0 1.2 0.7 SRP68Q9UHB9 12.1 1.3 0.7 MT-CO2 P00403 9.9 1.3 0.7 TIMM50 Q3ZCQ8 12.7 1.3 0.7RTN4 Q9NQC3 20.0 1.3 0.7 PSMB1 P20618 20.0 1.2 0.7 ZMPSTE24 O75844 19.71.2 0.7 PHB2 Q99623 6.9 1.2 0.7 ATP2A2 P16615 8.2 1.1 0.7 TSPAN6 O4365720.0 1.2 0.7 DDOST P39656 7.7 1.4 0.7 ASPH Q12797 6.0 1.2 0.7 SLC25A11Q02978 3.9 1.3 0.7 RPN1 P04843 7.1 1.1 0.7 ATP5B P06576 4.7 1.3 0.7 P4HBP07237 5.2 1.0 0.7 NAGLU P54802 20.0 1.0 0.7 ACTN1 P12814 4.8 1.3 0.7PSAP P07602 20.0 1.2 0.7 CLPTM1 O96005 17.9 1.3 0.7 HNRNPF P52597 3.81.3 0.7 ATP5A1 P25705 4.6 1.2 0.7 ACTN4 O43707 4.5 1.2 0.7 UQCRC1 P319305.8 1.3 0.7 ATP5F1 P24539 15.0 1.3 0.7 CCDC47 Q96A33 11.8 1.1 0.7 MTCH2Q9Y6C9 12.3 1.2 0.7 NUCB2 P80303 20.0 1.3 0.7 APOL2 Q9BQE5 20.0 1.1 0.7GHITM Q9H3K2 5.8 1.2 0.7 POR P16435 20.0 1.2 0.7 HSPA1L Q53FA3 11.4 1.20.7 AGK Q53H12 3.5 1.5 0.7 VDAC3 Q9Y277 10.9 1.3 0.7 RAB2A P61019 5.11.2 0.7 SLC25A13 Q9UJS0 13.2 1.3 0.7 SLC25A5 P05141 5.4 1.2 0.7 DLDP09622 3.4 1.2 0.7 ACSL3 O95573 6.9 1.2 0.7 PRCP P42785 20.0 1.1 0.7DDX3X O00571 3.2 1.2 0.7 HNRNPA2B1 P22626 3.4 1.2 0.7 SCARB2 Q14108 20.01.1 0.7 SDHB P21912 20.0 1.3 0.7 PRDX3 P30048 3.5 1.3 0.7 SEL1L Q9UBV220.0 1.1 0.7 PRKDC P78527 3.5 1.2 0.7 ECE1 P42892 20.0 1.2 0.7 UQCRC2P22695 4.4 1.0 0.7 HMOX2 P30519 20.0 1.2 0.7 DECR1 Q16698 19.3 1.3 0.7SFPQ P23246 4.0 1.1 0.7 EPDR1 Q9UM22 20.0 1.1 0.7 ITGA3 P26006 18.0 1.70.6 LNPEP Q9UIQ6 20.0 1.4 0.6 SLC25A6 P12236 6.0 1.2 0.6 SLC25A4 P122355.9 1.1 0.6 SRPRB Q9Y5M8 20.0 1.2 0.6 XRCC6 P12956 5.8 1.3 0.6 TIMM17AQ99595 20.0 1.2 0.6 HNRNPR O43390 3.5 1.2 0.6 RAB11B Q15907 17.2 1.2 0.6RAB11A P62491 17.2 1.3 0.6 HEATR3 Q7Z4Q2 20.0 1.4 0.6 BRI3BP Q8WY22 20.01.3 0.6 MTDH Q86UE4 20.0 1.1 0.6 HSPA8 P11142 6.3 1.2 0.6 HNRPDL O149793.5 1.2 0.6 NUCB1 Q02818 20.0 1.3 0.6 IMMT Q16891 12.8 1.4 0.6 VIMP08670 20.0 1.6 0.6 CAV1 Q03135 20.0 1.3 0.6 PSMB5 P28074 20.0 1.3 0.6GLG1 Q92896 20.0 1.3 0.6 ANKLE2 Q86XL3 20.0 1.1 0.6 CTSB P07858 5.0 1.10.6 HNRNPH1 P31943 4.7 1.2 0.6 HNRNPC P07910 3.4 1.3 0.6 ATL3 Q6DD88 7.01.0 0.6 TMEM126A Q9H061 20.0 1.2 0.6 ATP13A1 Q9HD20 20.0 1.2 0.6 SQRDLQ9Y6N5 7.6 1.2 0.6 SEC11A P67812 14.0 1.0 0.6 HSPA5 P11021 11.8 1.3 0.6ESYT1 Q9BSJ8 3.9 1.0 0.6 SLC25A10 B4DLN1 20.0 1.2 0.6 SCPEP1 Q9HB40 20.01.0 0.6 NONO Q15233 6.3 1.0 0.6 OCIAD1 Q9NX40 17.2 1.1 0.6 SHMT2 P3489716.7 1.1 0.6 SYNCRIP O60506 4.1 1.3 0.6 TOMM22 Q9NS69 20.0 1.1 0.6 CKAP4Q07065 9.9 1.1 0.6 LMNB1 P20700 6.1 1.2 0.6 BZW1 Q7L1Q6 20.0 1.2 0.6LMNA P02545 5.6 1.3 0.5 HM13 Q8TCT9 20.0 1.3 0.5 HNRNPH2 P55795 4.5 1.20.5 IKBIP Q70UQ0 15.6 1.2 0.5 SLC25A12 O75746 20.0 1.6 0.4 HEXA P0686520.0 1.5 0.4

TABLE 5 Neuro2a Cells AEA-DA Ro 48- AEA FK866 Avasimibe Elacridar 8071MJN228 A549 Cells Gene Acces- (200 (25 (25 (25 (25 (25 A-DA Name sionDescription NoUV DMSO uM) uM) uM) uM) uM) uM) NoUV DMSO ABCB1B P06795Abcb1b 20.0 1.1 2.3 5.4 1.8 20.0  1.7 4.0 — — Multidrug resistanceprotein 1B NAMPT P43490 NAMPT 20.0 1.4 1.1 16.4  1.3 1.1 0.9 1.2 12.81.6 Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl- transferase LSS P48449 LSS — — — — — —— — 20.0 1.5 Lanosterol synthase SOAT1 Q61263 Soat1  6.1 1.2 — 2.3 6.41.5 1.8 2.6 12.6 1.3 Sterol O- acyltransferase 1 NUCB1 Q02819 Nucb1 20.01.3 1.5 1.2 2.1 1.3 0.9 4.7 15.2 1.4 Nucleobindin-1 EPHX2 P34913 EPHX2 —— — — — — — — — — Bifunctional epoxide hydrolase 2 PNPLA6 Q8IY17 PNPLA6— — — — — — — — 14.2 1.2 Neuropathy target esterase TMEM97 Q8VD00 Tmem9720.0 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.7 18.7  10.0  1.7 20.0 1.4 Transmembrane protein 97ABHD5 Q8WTS1 ABHD5 1- 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 12.3  1.3 1.4 2.2 20.0 1.5acylglycerol-3- phosphate O-acyltransferase ABHD5 DHRS1 Q96LJ7 DHRS120.0 1.1 18.4  8.0 2.1 1.5 9.5 1.8 20.0 1.6 Dehydrogenase/ reductase SDRfamily member 1 APOL2 Q9BQE5 APOL2 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.4Apolipoprotein L2 FAM114A2 Q9NRY5 FAM114A2 20.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 2.7 1.5 1.63.5 20.0 1.4 Protein FAM114A2 TIMM17B O60830 TIMM17B 20.0 1.4 1.6 1.25.1 1.5 2.8 1.5 20.0 1.3 Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocasesubunit FECH P22315 Fech 20.0 1.0 1.3 20.0  0.2 20.0  1.4 2.4 13.8 1.4Ferrochelatase, mitochondrial NPC1 O15118 NPC1 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.4Niemann- Pick C1 protein FA2H Q7L5A8 FA2H — — — — — — — — 17.2 1.7 Fattyacid 2-hydroxylase EBP Q15125 EBP 3- — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.0 beta-hydroxysteroid- Delta(8), Delta(7)- isomerase EPHX1 Q9D379 Ephx1  4.01.0 2.1 1.4 18.6  1.8 2.4 3.8  7.6 1.5 Epoxide hydrolase 1 AIFM2 Q9BRQ8AIFM2 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5 Apoptosis- inducing factor 2 ARFGAP1Q8N6T3 ARFGAP1 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5 ADP- ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein KDSR Q6GV12 Kdsr 3- 19.4 1.4 3.6 1.1 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.520.0 1.3 ketodihydro- sphingosine reductase ZADH2 Q8BGC4 Zadh2 20.0 1.04.8 12.6  1.8 1.2 1.0 1.5 — — Zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase domain-containining 2 ACADL P51174 Acadl 20.0 1.0 1.1 12.4  1.0 1.2 1.3 1.8 — —Long-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial TLCD1 Q96CP7TLCD1 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.1 TLC domain- containing protein 1 PNPLA2Q96AD5 PNPLA2 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.9 Patatin-like phospholipasedomain- containing protein PLIN2 P43883 Plin2 20.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 10.3  1.51.8 3.2 20.0 1.6 Perilipin-2 AKR1C12 Q04828/ AKR1C1/2 — — — — — — — — —— P52895 Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C1/2 PLIN3 O60664 PLIN3 — —— — — — — — 20.0 1.4 Perilipin-3 APMAP Q9HDC9 APMAP 11.0 1.1 — — — 1.2 —— 20.0 1.3 Adipocyte plasma membrane- associated protein PTGR2 Q8VDQ1Ptgr2 20.0 1.2 8.7 5.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 20.0 1.5 Prostaglandin reductase2 TPD52L2 O43399 TPD52L2 — — — — — — — — 18.0 1.6 Tumor protein D54SCCPDH Q8NBX0 SCCPDH 20.0 1.1 3.4 7.3 2.5 1.3 1.6 2.1 20.0 1.5Saccharopine dehydrogenase- like oxidoreductase RTN4IP1 Q8WWV3 RTN4IP115.1 0.8 1.0 — 0.4 — 0.7 — 20.0 1.3 Reticulon-4- interacting protein 1,mitochondrial AKR1B8 P45377 Akr1b8 20.0 1.3 7.7 1.7 2.3 1.2 1.4 1.9 — —Aldose reductase- related protein 2 ALDH1A1 P00352 ALDH1A1 — — — — — — —— — — Retinal dehydrogenase 1 PAOX Q8C0L6 Paox 20.0 1.2 7.5 3.2 1.7 1.52.4 3.2 — — Peroxi- somal N(1)- acetyl- spermine/ spermidine oxidasTMEM87A A2AQJ6 Tmem87a 20.0 1.4 1.8 1.1 7.0 1.4 2.3 1.9 — —Transmembrane protein 87A TMEM160 Q9D938 Tmem160 13.4 1.5 — 1.2 6.9 1.41.2 1.5 — — Transmembrane protein 160 PCYOX1 Q9UHG3 PCYOX1 18.2 1.0 1.71.2 2.2 1.2 1.8 1.4 20.0 1.2 Prenylcysteine oxidase 1 CAV1 Q03135 CAV1 —— — — — — — — 12.7 1.2 Caveolin-1 TIMM17A Q99595 TIMM17A 20.0 1.7 1.51.1 5.4 1.5 2.7 1.4 20.0 1.3 Mitochondrial import inner membranetranslocase subunit GPR107 Q5VW38 GPR107 20.0 1.1 1.6 1.0 3.9 1.1 1.81.3 20.0 1.3 Protein GPR107 HADHA Q8BMS1 Hadha 20.0 1.2 2.3 6.2 2.2 2.21.0 1.7 11.8 1.3 Trifunctional enzyme subunit alpha, mitochondrialAKR1C3 P42330 AKR1C3 — — — — — — — —  3.2 1.6 Aldo-keto reductase family1 member C3 TRAM1 Q91V04 Tram1 20.0 1.1 2.9 1.2 5.5 1.2 1.8 1.8 20.0 1.2Translocating chain- associated membrane protein 1 ECH1 O35459 Ech1 17.40.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.6 13.5 1.3 Delta(3,5)- Delta(2,4)- dienoyl-CoA isomerase, mitochondrial BCAP31 Q61335 Bcap31 B-cell 12.0 1.3 2.31.6 5.0 1.5 1.4 2.5  5.2 1.4 receptor- associated protein 31 GALNT4Q8N4A0 GALNT4 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5 Polypeptide N-acetyl-galactosaminyl- transferase 4 LBR Q14739 LBR  3.6 1.2 2.0 1.0 1.8 1.41.9 1.3 15.3 1.4 Lamin-B receptor FAF2 Q96CS3 FAF2  5.0 1.1 1.4 — 1.3 —1.1 1.5 20.0 1.6 FAS- associated factor 2 FAM82A1 Q96LZ7 FAM82A1 — — — —— — — — 20.0 1.3 Regulator of microtubule dynamics protein 2 NDUFS2O75306 NDUFS2 20.0 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 15.9 1.4 NADHdehydrogenase SCARB1 Q61009 Scarb1 20.0 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.4 1.3 2.9 2.0 20.01.0 Scavenger receptor class B member 1 C2ORF43 Q9H6V9 C2orf43 — — — — —— — — 20.0 1.3 UPF0554 protein C2orf43 HSD17B11 Q8NBQ5 HSD17B11 — — — —— — — — 17.4 1.6 Estradiol 17-beta- dehydrogenase 11 SLC25A20 O43772SLC25A20 19.4 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 20.0 1.3 Mitochondrialcarnitine/ acylcarnitine carrier prot RTN3 O95197 RTN3  4.3 1.0 2.7 1.11.7 1.3 1.2 1.4 14.3 1.3 Reticulon-3 AKR1B10 G5E895 Akr1b10 20.0 1.1 4.51.9 2.4 1.3 1.5 2.8 — — MCG142264, isoform CRA_b CPT2 P52825 Cpt2 20.01.1 1.1 3.1 1.1 1.3 2.1 1.7 20.0 1.4 Carnitine O-palmitoyl- transferase2, mitochondrial PON2 Q15165 PON2 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.3 Serumparaoxonase/ arylesterase 2 BSG P35613 BSG 20.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.8 1.5 1.11.6 20.0 1.6 Basigin CYB5B O43169 CYB5B — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.3Cytochrome b5 type B SLC35B2 Q91ZN5 Slc35b2 13.4 1.3 1.9 1.0 4.2 1.2 0.91.1 — — Adenosine 3-phospho 5-phosphosulfate transporter VAT1 Q99536VAT1  4.4 1.2 1.6 1.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 —  7.8 1.4 Synaptic vesicle membraneprotein VAT-1 homolog UGT1A7 Q9HAW7 UGT1A7 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5UDP-glucuronosyl- transferase 1-7 RDH10 Q8IZV5 RDH10 — — — — — — — —20.0 1.9 Retinol dehydrogenase 10 DNAJC1 Q96KC8 DNAJC1 20.0 1.3 2.1 1.42.8 — 1.2 1.6 20.0 1.3 DnaJ homolog subfamily C member 1 DHRSX Q8N5I4DHRSX — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5 Dehydrogenase/ reductase SDR familymember on chromosome X DCAKD Q8BHC4 Dcakd  9.0 1.2 1.9 1.1 3.7 1.2 1.01.4 — — Dephospho- CoA kinase domain- containing protein TIMM22 Q9CQ85Timm22 13.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 3.6 1.3 1.1 1.3 — — Mitochondrial import innermembrane translocase subunit COQ5 Q5HYK3 COQ5 2- — — — — — — — — 20.01.7 methoxy-6- polyprenyl-1,4- benzoquinol methylase, mitochondrialHMOX2 P30519 HMOX2  4.0 1.1 3.2 1.0 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 20.0 1.3 Hemeoxygenase 2 FADS2 Q9Z0R9 Fads2 10.5 1.4 2.5 1.2 3.4 1.5 1.2 1.8 — —Fatty acid desaturase 2 VDAC2 P45880 VDAC2 16.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.01.0 19.7 1.2 Voltage- dependent anion- selective channel protein TRABDQ99JY4 Trabd 12.0 1.4 1.0 1.2 3.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 — — TraB domain-containing protein VDAC1 P21796 VDAC1 20.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.120.0 1.2 Voltage- dependent anion- selective channel protein PTGS2P35354 PTGS2 — — — — — — — —  3.2 1.6 Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2GM20425 E9Q035 Gm20425 16.5 1.3 2.3 1.2 3.3 1.2 1.2 1.7 — — ProteinGm20425 SQLE Q14534 SQLE  5.0 1.7 1.9 1.1 1.6 — 1.0 1.5 20.0 1.6Squalene monooxygenase TMEM48 Q8VCB1 Tmem48 14.5 1.3 1.9 1.2 3.3 1.2 1.11.5 20.0 1.3 Nucleoporin NDC1 LPCAT3 Q6P1A2 LPCAT3 18.7 1.0 1.4 2.3 2.21.2 1.1 — 20.0 1.2 Lysophos- pholipid acyltrans- ferase 5 SEC11A P67812SEC11A  5.4 1.2 1.9 1.1 3.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 20.0 1.3 Signal peptidasecomplex catalytic subunit SEC11A NSDHL Q15738 NSDHL  9.4 1.4 2.0 1.3 3.01.3 1.3 2.3 16.9 1.4 Sterol-4- alpha- carboxylate 3- dehydrogenase,decarb ERMP1 Q7Z2K6 ERMP1 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.2 Endoplasmic reticulummetallopep- tidase 1 PGRMC2 Q80UU9 Pgrmc2 16.3 1.2 2.0 1.2 3.2 1.3 1.31.5 20.0 1.5 Membrane- associated progesterone receptor component MARCH5Q3KNM2 March5 E3 20.0 1.6 — 1.3 3.1 1.0 1.1 1.1  4.1 1.3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MARCH5 EMD O08579 Emd 20.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 3.1 1.3 1.3 2.410.3 1.4 Emerin CERS2 Q924Z4 Cers2 17.1 1.2 2.4 1.2 3.0 1.3 1.6 3.1 13.31.3 Ceramide synthase 2 DHRS3 O75911 DHRS3 — — — — — — — — 15.6 1.6Short- chain dehydrogenase/ reductase 3 PSAP P07602 PSAP 20.0 1.1 1.41.0 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.4 20.0 1.3 Proactivator polypeptide LPCAT1 Q8NF37LPCAT1 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.5 Lysophos- phatidylcholineacyltransferase 1 ANKLE2 Q86XL3 ANKLE2 — — — — — — — — 20.0 1.4 Ankyrinrepeat and LEM domain- containing protein 2 ABHD6 Q8R2Y0 Abhd6 20.0 1.42.3 1.7 3.0 1.5 1.2 1.7 — — Monoacylglycerol lipase ABHD6 TOMM22 Q9CPQ3Tomm22 20.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 3.0 1.3 1.0 1.2 18.4 1.4 Mitochondrial importreceptor subunit TOM22 homolog SGPL1 O95470 SGPL1 20.0 1.0 2.7 1.7 2.11.2 1.2 1.5 19.7 1.4 Sphingosine-1- phosphatelyase 1 OPA3 Q505D7 Opa3Optic 20.0 1.2 — 1.1 3.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 20.0 1.3 atrophy 3 protein homologNPTN Q9Y639 NPTN 17.4 1.4 — 1.2 2.2 — 2.0 1.9 20.0 1.4 NeuroplastinHSD17B12 Q53GQ0 HSD17B12 15.3 1.1 2.2 1.7 2.5 1.3 0.9 1.6 20.0 1.3Estradiol 17-beta- dehydrogenase 12 A549 Cells A-DA AEA-DA FK866Avasimibe Ro488071 Ro488071 FK866 Gene (25 (25 (5 (50 (25 Name uM) uM)uM) uM) NoUV DMSO uM) Enzyme Transporter Receptor Channel ABCB1B — — — —— — — X X NAMPT 10.6  1.5 1.8 15.0  20.0 1.3 20.0  X LSS 1.7 2.3 20.0 20.0  — — — X SOAT1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 — — — X NUCB1 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 20.01.3 0.6 EPHX2 — — — — 20.0 1.3 20.0  X PNPLA6 1.9 1.6 1.6 20.0  — — — XTMEM97 1.8 2.0 20.0  20.0  20.0 1.0 1.3 ABHD5 1.6 20.0  1.6 7.0 — — —DHRS1 1.6 7.7 1.5 12.1  20.0 1.3 20.0  X APOL2 1.3 2.2 1.4 20.0  20.01.1 0.7 X FAM114A2 1.2 2.8 1.8 20.0  — — — TIMM17B 1.3 1.4 1.8 20.0 20.0 1.2 0.7 X FECH 4.8 0.3 1.7 1.9 20.0 1.3 13.7  X NPC1 1.7 1.3 2.820.0  — — — FA2H 2.2 2.1 — 20.0  — — — X EBP — — 16.0  19.6  — — — XEPHX1 1.8 2.5 1.4 1.8  8.1 1.3 1.2 X AIFM2 2.0 16.1  2.2 7.5 — — — XARFGAP1 1.4 14.3  1.9 — — — — X KDSR 1.4 1.7 1.7 12.9  20.0 1.3 0.7 XZADH2 — — — — 20.0 1.8 — X ACADL — — — — — — — X TLCD1 1.3 1.6 1.5 11.7 — — — PNPLA2 2.2 8.1 2.0 10.5  20.0 1.0 — X PLIN2 1.6 9.0 1.7 9.2 — — —AKR1C12 — — — — 17.8 1.2 9.3 X PLIN3 1.6 2.8 1.7 8.9 20.0 1.0 — X APMAP1.6 2.1 1.8 8.8 15.7 1.2 0.8 PTGR2 — — 2.1 4.2 20.0 1.2 5.1 X TPD52L21.3 2.8 1.6 8.4 — — — SCCPDH 2.2 3.4 1.6 4.1 20.0 1.1 8.1 X RTN4IP1 2.17.7 1.4 2.4  0.0 0.0 0.0 AKR1B8 — — — — — — — X ALDH1A1 — — — — 14.9 1.37.6 X PAOX — — — — — — — X TMEM87A — — — — — — — TMEM160 — — — — — — —PCYOX1 2.6 1.4 2.5 6.9 20.0 1.2 0.8 X CAV1 1.2 1.2 2.2 6.9 20.0 1.3 0.6TIMM17A 1.2 1.5 1.2 6.7 20.0 1.2 0.6 X GPR107 1.7 2.6 1.6 6.5 — — — XHADHA 2.4 5.1 1.4 1.5 20.0 1.3 1.8 X AKR1C3 3.3 2.8 1.2 1.4 18.4 1.3 6.0X TRAM1 1.2 1.4 1.5 5.3 20.0 1.1 0.7 X ECH1 1.6 1.4 1.6 5.1 20.0 1.2 1.0X BCAP31 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.9 — — — X GALNT4 2.1 2.4 1.8 5.0 20.0 1.0 0.8 XLBR 1.6 2.1 2.3 5.0 — — — X FAF2 1.7 4.9 2.0 4.1 17.3 1.5 — FAM82A1 2.14.9 1.5 — — — — NDUFS2 2.4 1.1 1.5 4.9 20.0 1.5 1.2 X X SCARB1 1.3 1.11.9 4.8 20.0 1.1 0.9 X C2ORF43 1.4 1.6 1.3 4.6 — — — HSD17B11 1.5 4.61.6 3.5 — — — X SLC25A20 3.1 2.6 1.6 4.6 20.0 1.2 1.2 X RTN3 1.3 1.9 1.64.5 — — — X AKR1B10 — — — —  9.9 1.2 1.7 CPT2 4.4 1.5 1.4 2.2 20.0 1.32.3 X X PON2 4.3 2.5 1.5 3.6 20.0 1.2 2.9 X BSG 1.8 1.4 2.4 4.3 20.0 1.30.7 CYB5B 1.4 2.1 1.5 4.2  9.6 1.3 0.8 X SLC35B2 — — — — — — — X VAT14.0 0.8 1.4 2.5 — — — X UGT1A7 2.1 1.7 1.6 4.0 20.0 1.3 1.5 X RDH10 3.13.9 1.9 2.8 — — — X DNAJC1 1.3 1.3 1.6 3.9 — — — DHRSX 1.4 3.7 1.6 2.7 —— — X DCAKD — — — — — — — TIMM22 — — — — — — — X COQ5 — 1.4 2.0 3.4 — —— X HMOX2 1.3 1.4 1.3 3.4 20.0 1.2 0.7 X FADS2 — — — — — — — X X VDAC21.2 1.4 1.5 3.4 20.0 1.1 0.9 X X TRABD — — — — 20.0 1.5 — VDAC1 1.3 1.31.4 3.3 20.0 1.1 0.8 X X PTGS2 1.9 1.5 2.5 3.3 — — — X GM20425 — — — — —— — SQLE 1.6 2.3 1.4 3.3 20.0 1.2 0.7 X TMEM48 1.2 1.4 1.5 2.8 — — — XLPCAT3 3.3 2.1 1.3 2.7 — — — X SEC11A 1.2 1.2 1.5 3.3 14.0 1.0 0.6 XNSDHL 1.4 3.2 1.5 2.5 — — — X ERMP1 1.6 2.1 1.4 3.2 — — — X PGRMC2 1.21.4 1.6 2.1 20.0 1.2 0.7 X MARCH5 1.3 1.5 1.2 — — — — X EMD 1.3 1.2 0.60.8 — — — CERS2 1.4 0.7 1.5 2.5 — — — DHRS3 2.0 3.0 1.8 3.1 — — — X PSAP1.2 1.1 2.3 3.1 20.0 1.2 0.7 LPCAT1 1.4 1.9 1.6 3.1 — — — X ANKLE2 1.31.9 1.7 3.1 20.0 1.1 0.6 ABHD6 — — — — — — — X TOMM22 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.420.0 1.1 0.6 X X SGPL1 1.2 1.3 1.5 3.0 20.0 1.3 0.8 X OPA3 1.3 0.7 1.8 —— — — NPTN 1.4 1.4 1.3 3.0 — — — HSD17B12 1.4 2.0 1.4 3.0 20.0 1.2 0.8 X

TABLE 6 Gene Accession SEQ ID Times Name # Description Range NOs:Sequence observed ABHD12 Q99LR1 Abhd12  263-284   1 ETPPDALILESPFTNI  2Monoacylglycerol lipase REEAK ABHD12 ABHD5 Q9DBL9Abhd5 1-acylglycerol-3-  321-343   2 TIAILGAGHYVYADQ  6 phosphate O-PEEFNQK acyltransferase ABHD5 ACSL6 Q91WC3 Acsl6 Long-chain-fatty- 408-420   3 NNSIWDELFFNK  6 acid--CoA ligase 6 ACTN4 P57780Actn4 Alpha-actinin-4  839-855   4 ETTDTDTADQVIASF  2 K ACTR2 P61161Actr2 Actin-related  259-295   5 FEAPEALFQPHLINV  2 protein 2EGVGVAELLFNTIQA ADIDTR AKR1C12 Q9JLI0 Akr1c12 MCG114465,   48-69   6HVDTAYAYQVEEEI  4 isoform CRA_a GQAIQSK AKR1C13 Q8VC28 Akr1c13 Aldo-keto  48-69   7 HVDTAYAYQVEEEI  4 reductase family 1 GQAIQSK member C13ALDH1B1 Q9CZS1 Aldh1b1 Aldehyde  119-147   8 VYLASLETLDNGKPF  4dehydrogenase X, QESYVLDLDEVIK mitochondrial APOO Q9DCZ4Apoo Apolipoprotein O  187-197   9 GYIVIEDLWK  2 ARF1 P84078Arf1 ADP-ribosylation   39-60  10 LGEIVTTIPTIGFNVE  9 factor 1 TVEYKARF3 P61205 Arf3 ADP-ribosylation   39-60  11 LGEIVTTIPTIGFNVE  9factor 3 TVEYK ARF4 P61750 Arf4 ADP-ribosylation  110-128  12MLLEDELQDAVLLL  2 factor 4 FANK ARF4 P61750 Arf4 ADP-ribosylation  39-60  13 LGEIVTTIPTIGFNVE  9 factor 4 TVEYK ARF5 P84084Arf5 ADP-ribosylation   39-60  14 LGEIVTTIPTIGFNVE  9 factor 5 TVEYKARL6IP1 Q9JKW0 Arl6ip1 ADP-    8-36  15 SSNLLAVETASLEEQ  2ribosylation factor-like LQGWGEVMLMADK protein 6-interacting ATAD3Q925I1 Atad3 ATPase family  238-246  16 AFVTDWDK  3 AAA domain-containing protein 3 ATP1A1 Q8VDN2 Atp1a1  360-386  17 NLEAVETLGSTSTICS 2 Sodium/potassium- DKTGTLTQNR transporting ATPase subunit alpha ATP1A3Q6PIC6 Atp1a3  350-376  18 NLEAVETLGSTSTICS  2 Sodium/potassium-DKTGTLTQNR transporting ATPase subunit alpha ATP5L Q9CPQ8Atp51 ATP synthase  36-55  19 VELVPPTPAEIPTAIQ  3subunit g, mitochondrial SVK ATP6V1B2 P62814 Atp6v1b2 V-type proton 68-82  20 YAEIVHLTLPDGTK  3 ATPase subunit B, brain isoform BCAP31Q61335 Bcap31 B-cell receptor-  73-80  21 YDDVTEK  2associated protein 31 CCDC56 Q9D2R6 Ccdc56 Cytochrome C  84-94  22FLDELEDEAK  2 oxidase assembly factor 3 homolog, mitochondrial CKAP4Q8BMK4 Ckap4 Cytoskeleton-  292-307  23 SSLQTMESDVY1EVR  7associated protein 4 COPS6 O88545 Cops6 COP9  274-295  24 TDFYDQCNDVGLMA 8 signalosome complex YLGTITK subunit 6 COX15 Q8BJ03 Cox15 Cytochrome c 317-331  25 NVFENPTMVQFDHR  2 oxidase assembly protein COX15 homologCPT2 P52825 Cpt2 Carnitine O-  363-383  26 DGTAAVHFEHAWG  6palmitoyltransferase 2, DGVAVLR mitochondrial CTSD P18242Ctsd Cathepsin D  312-330  27 AIGAVPLIQGEYMIP 12 CEK CYB5B Q9CQX2Cyb5b Cytochrome b5  138-145  28 HFWADSK  2 type B CYP20A1 Q8BKE6Cyp20a1 Cytochrome  397-414  29 VFSSLGFSGTWECPE  8 P450 20A1 LR DHFRP00375 Dhfr Dihydrofolate   20-34  30 NGDLPWPPLRNEFK  4 reductase DHRS7BQ99J47 Dhrs7b  284-300  31 DVLLTDFVPSMAVYI  2 Dehydrogenase/reductase RSDR family member 7B ECH1 O35459 Ech1 Delta(3,5)-  185-211  32YCTQDAFFQIKEVD  4 Delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA MGLAADVGTLQR isomerase,mitochondrial ECH1 O35459 Ech1 Delta(3,5)-  196-211  33 EVDMGLAADVGTLQ 8 Delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA R isomerase, mitochondrial ECI1 P42125Eci1 Enoyl-CoA delta  276-284  34 SLHMYLEK  2 isomerase 1, mitochondrialEEF1D P57776 Eef1d Elongation factor   25-39  35 FYEQMNGPVTSGSR 101-delta EIF5 P59325 Eif5 Eukaryotic  272-287  36 AMGPLVLTEVLFDE 12translation initiation K factor 5 EMD O08579 Emd Emerin  176-205  37SSLGLSYYPTSSTSSV  2 SSSSSSPSSWLTR EPDR1 Q99M71 Epdr1 Mammalian  171-182 38 DCYPVQETFIR  3 ependymin-related protein 1 EPHX1 Q9D379Ephx1 Epoxide  296-329  39 ESGYLHIQATKPDTV  8 hydrolase 1GCALNDSPVGLAAYI LEK FAH P35505 Fah  238-254  40 DIQQWEYVPLGPFLG  8Fumarylacetoacetase K GAA P70699 Gaa Lysosomal alpha-  904-935  41EVTVLGVATAPTQV 11 glucosidase LSNGIPVSNFTYSPD NK GLO1 Q9CPU0Glo1 Lactoylglutathione  160-180  42 GLAFIQDPDGYWIEI  2 lyase LNPNKGM20425 E9Q035 Gm20425 Protein  718-741  43 VGDGAGGAFQPYLD  7 Gm20425SLRQELQQR GSTM1 P10649 Gstm1 Glutathione S-  109-123  44 MQLIMLCYNPDFEK 4 transferase Mu 1 GSTM2 P15626 Gstm2 Glutathione S-  109-123  45IQLAMVCYSPDFEK  5 transferase Mu 2 GSTP1 P19157 Gstp1 Glutathione S- 104-117  46 YVTLIYTNYENGK  4 transferase P 1 HADH Q61425Hadh Hydroxyacyl-  250-272  47 LGAGYPMGPFELLD 10 coenzyme A YVGLDTTKdehydrogenase, mitochondrial HM13 Q9D8V0 Hm13 Minor   62-74  48SSSDMPETITSR 12 histocompatibility antigen H13 HNRNPH1 O35737Hnrnph1 Heterogeneous   50-69  49 EGRPSGEAFVELESE  9 nuclear DEVKribonucleoprotein H HNRNPH2 P70333 Hnrnph2 Heterogeneous   50-69  50EGRPSGEAFVELESE  9 nuclear DEVK ribonucleoprotein H2 HSP90B1 P08113Hsp90b1 Endoplasmin  664-672  51 AQAYQTGK  4 HSPA5 P20029Hspa5 78 kDa glucose-  466-476  52 VYEGERPLTK  8 regulated protein HSPA5P20029 Hspa5 78 kDa glucose-  635-656  53 LYGSGGPPPTGEEDT  4regulated protein SEKDEL IPO9 Q91YE6 Ipo9 Importin-9  777-788  54ELGENLDQILR  3 LMNA P48678 Lmna Prelamin-A/C  281-297  55 NSNLVGAAHEELQQ 2 SR LMNB1 P14733 Lmnb1 Lamin-B1 159-183  56 SLEGDLEDLKDQIAQ  2LEASLSAAK LMNB2 P21619 Lmnb2 Lamin-B2 137-160  57 SEAELATALSDKQGL  5ETEVAELR LPCAT3 Q91V01 Lpcat3  18-31  58 GLWPGVEDLSLNK  2Lysophospholipid acyltransferase 5 MCM6 P97311 Mcm6 DNA replication 59-86  59 NTLVVSFADLEQFNQ  3 licensing factor MCM6 QLSTTIQEEFYR MIFP34884 Mif Macrophage  13-38  60 ASVPEGFLSELTQQL  4 migration inhibitoryAQATGKPAQY factor MRPL39 Q9JKF7 Mrp139 39S ribosomal 154-166  61AFKDDYVVSLVR  4 protein L39, mitochondrial MTCH2 Q791V5Mtch2 Mitochondrial  91-112  62 VLQYYQESEKPEELG  2 carrier homolog 2SVTVQK MTX1 P47802 Mtx1 Metaxin-1  89-104  63 QGADTLAFMSLLEE  2 K NAMPTQ99KQ4 Nampt Nicotinamide 175-190  64 YLLETSGNLDGLEYK 10phosphoribosyltransferase NAMPT Q99KQ4 Nampt Nicotinamide 303-324  65STEAPLIIRPDSGNPL  2 phosphoribosyltransferase DTVLK NAP1L4 Q78ZA7Nap1l4 Nucleosome  84-94  66 FYEEVHDLER  3 assembly protein 1-like 4NDUFS2 Q91WD5 Ndufs2 NADH  36-57  67 QWQPDIEWAEQFSG  3 dehydrogenaseAVMYPSK NENF Q9CQ45 Nenf Neudesin  84-94  68 GAPYNALAGK  4 NONO Q99K48Nono Non-POU  122-138  69 TLAEIAKVELDNMPL  3 domain-containing Roctamer-binding protein NUCB1 Q02819 Nucb1 Nucleobindin-1  246-275  70TFFILHDINSDGVLDE  4 QELEALFTKELEK NUCB1 Q02819 Nucb1 Nucleobindin-1  53-69  71 YLQEVINVLETDGHF 11 R NUCB2 P81117 Nucb2 Nucleobindin-2  60-73  72 QVIEVLETDPHFR  4 NUDT9 Q8BVU5 Nudt9 ADP-ribose  230-242  73EFGEEALNSLQK  7 pyrophosphatase, mitochondrial OPA1 P58281Opa1 Dynamin-like 120  801-819  74 VNDEHPAYLASDEIT  2 kDa protein, TVRmitochondrial ORF61 Q8CIV2 ORF61 Membralin  245-263  75 LLLDEFLGYDDILMS 4 SVK P4HA2 Q60716 P4ha2 Prolyl 4-  177-197  76 SAYNEGDYYHTVLW  3hydroxylase subunit MEQVLK alpha-2 P4HB P09103 P4hb Protein disulfide- 135-165  77 TGPAATTLSDTAAAE  3 isomerase SLVDSSEVTVIGFFK P4HB P09103P4hb Protein disulfide-  233-250  78 HNQLPLVIEFTEQTA 10 isomerase PKPCK2 Q8BH04 Pck2  245-262  79 EIVSFGSGYGGNSLL 12 Phosphoenolpyruvate GKcarboxykinase PDCD5 P56812 Pdcd5 Programmed cell   69-80  80 AVENYLIQMAR 5 death protein 5 PGRMC1 O55022 Pgrmc1 Membrane-  106-120  81FYGPEGPYGVFAGR 12 associated progesterone receptor component PGRMC1O55022 Pgrmc1 Membrane-   48-68  82 GDQPGASGDNDDDE  2associated progesterone PPPLPR receptor component PGRMC2 Q8OUU9Pgrmc2 Membrane-  130-144  83 FYGPAGPYGIFAGR  9 associated progesteronereceptor component PGRMC2 Q8OUU9 Pgrmc2 Membrane-   74-92  84LCSGPGAGEESPAAT  2 associated progesterone LPR receptor component PHBP67778 Phb Prohibitin    5-12  85 VFESIGK  2 PITPNB P53811 Pitpnb  32-45  86 NETGGGEGIEVLK  4 Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein betaisoform PITRM1 Q8K411 Pitrm1 Presequence  364-386  87 ALIESGLGTDFSPDV  2protease, mitochondrial GYNGYTR PMPCA Q9DC61 Pmpca Mitochondrial- 428-451  88 TQLMSMLMMNLESR  7 processing peptidase PVIFEDVGRsubunit alpha PSMA6 Q9QUM9 Psma6 Proteasome  103-117  89 YKYGYEIPVDMLCK 8 subunit alpha type-6 PSMB1 O09061 Psmb1 Proteasome  127-146  90RFFPYYVYNIIGGLD  8 subunit beta type-1 EEGK PSMB5 O55234Psmb5 Proteasome  141-151  91 LLANMVYQYK 11 subunit beta type-5 PTGES2Q8BWM0 Ptges2 Prostaglandin E  269-279  92 FGAVEAAMAK  3 synthase 2PTRH2 Q8R2Y8 Ptrh2 Peptidyl-tRNA   35-69  93 SHLGMFPQNSTSEAN  2hydrolase 2, RDTETGTEASILGES mitochondrial GEYK RTN4 Q99P72Rtn4 Reticulon-4 1045-106  94 AYLESEVAISEELVQ  7 K SAR1A P36536Sar1a GTP-binding  192-199  95 WLSQYID  6 protein SAR1a SCCPDH Q8R127Sccpdh Saccharopine  145-168  96 GVYIIGSSGFDSIPAD 11 dehydrogenase-likeLGVLYTR oxidoreductase SCG3 P47867 Scg3 Secretogranin-3  178-203  97LLNLGLIIESQAHTL  4 EDEVAEALQK SEPT2 P42208 Sept2 Septin-2   78-92  98TVQIEASTVEIEER  2 SGPL1 Q8R0X7 Sgpl1 Sphingosine-1-  519-536  99TTGMGAIYGMAQAT 12 phosphate lyase 1 IDR SGPL1 Q8R0X7Sgpl1 Sphingosine-1-   9-26 100 LKDFEPYLEILESYST  4 phosphate lyase 1 KSHMT2 Q9CZN7 Shmt2 Protein Shmt2  105-122 101 YYGGAEVVDEIELLC  9 QRSHMT2 Q9CZN7 Shmt2 Protein Shmt2  161-182 102 IMGLDLPDGGHLTH  3 GYMSDVKSLC25A20 Q9Z2Z6 Slc25a20 Mitochondrial  179-195 103 DVPASGMYFMTYE  4camitine/acylcamitine WLK carrier protein SLC25A32 Q8BMG8Slc25a32 Mitochondrial  115-146 104 AEQLEPLEYLVSAAE  6folate transporter/ AGAMTLCITNPLWV carrier TK SLC38A2 Q8CFE6Slc38a2 Sodium-coupled  171-179 105 YELPLVIK  4 neutral aminoacid transporter 2 STIP1 Q60864 Stip1 Stress-induced-  506-514 106LILEQMQK  3 phosphoprotein 1 STOML2 Q99JB2 Stoml2 Stomatin-like  292-322107 DSNTVLLPSNPSDVT  2 protein 2 SMVAQAMGVYGAL TK SURF4 Q64310Surf4 Surfeit locus    2-20 108 GQNDLMGTAEDFAD 10 protein 4 QFLR SURF4Q64310 Surf4 Surfeit locus   31-44 109 LCLISTFLEDGIR  3 protein 4 TFRCQ62351 Tfrc Tmnsferrin    7-23 110 SAFSNLFGGEPLSYT  2 receptor protein 1R TIMM17A Q9Z0V8 Timm17a Mitochondrial   13-36 111 IVDDCGGAFTMGTIG  9import inner membrane GGIFQAFK translocase subunit TIMM17A Q9Z0V8Timm17a Mitochondrial   85-107 112 GKEDPWNSITSGALT  4import inner membrane GAILAAR translocase subunit TMEM206 Q9D771 Tmem206 247-260 113 TKEEDGREAVEFR  2 Tmnsmembrane protein 206 TNPO1 Q8BFY9Tnpo1 Transportin-1   45-65 114 LEQLNQYPDFNNYLI  5 FVLTK TOMM20 Q9DCC8Tomm20 Mitochondrial   69-89 115 FFLEEIQLGEELLAQ  7import receptor subunit GDYEK TOM20 homolog TRABD Q99JY4Trabd TraB domain-  234-253 116 DLLEQMMAEMIGEF  4 containing proteinPDLHR UNC119 Q9Z2R6 Unc119 Protein unc-119  131-140 117 YQFTPAFLR  3homolog A UNC119B Q8C4B4 Unc119b Protein unc-  142-151 118 YQFTPAFLR  3119 homolog B   VBP1 P61759 Vbp1 Prefoldin subunit  153-178 119NLDSLEEDLDFLRDQ  2 3 FTTTEVNMAR YWHAB Q9CQV8 Ywhab 14-3-3 protein 196-225 120 TAFDEAIAELDTLNE  8 beta/alpha ESYKDSTLIMQLLR YWHAE P62259Ywhae 14-3-3 protein  197-226 121 AAFDDAIAELDTLSE  8 epsilonESYKDSTLIMQLLR ZADH2 Q8BGC4 Zadh2 Zinc-binding   86-115 122YDPSLKPPFDIGFEGI  8 alcohol dehydrogenase GEVVALGLSASARdomain-containing 2

TABLE 7 Representative features of untargeted lipidomic profiling ofMJN228- or KML181-treated Neuro2a cells Significant Change (≥2 fold, Pvalue < 0.0001, n = 5) No Change DMSO versus MJN228 DMSO versus KML181(10 μM) (10 μM) Proposed RT Fold Fold Polarity Species m/z (min) ChangeP Value Change Change P Value Change Pos NAE 18:1 326.30 8.36 2.910.00002310 UP 1.04 0.4111233 DOWN Pos NAE 18:0 328.32 12.20 2.000.00003157 UP 1.01 0.9264302 UP Neg NAT 24:1 444.31 9.31 2.51 0.00000712UP 1.03 0.5309418 UP Neg NAT 24:0 446.33 13.76 2.29 0.00003429 UP 1.070.0445628 DOWN Neg NAT 26:0 474.36 19.60 2.75 0.00005251 UP 1.260.1518409 UP Neg — 596.39 12.00 2.02 0.00000067 UP 1.13 0.0492851 UP Neg— 622.41 12.66 2.06 0.00004036 UP 1.24 0.0014807 UP Pos — 371.10 13.512.00 0.00000288 UP 2.14 0.0000026 UP Pos — 669.22 13.52 2.15 0.00002090UP 2.18 0.0000231 UP Pos — 704.21 19.42 2.45 0.00007397 UP 2.830.0000142 UP Pos — 705.21 19.44 2.63 0.00001587 UP 3.19 0.0000028 UP Pos— 743.24 19.42 2.56 0.00000040 UP 3.00 0.0000191 UP Pos — 744.24 19.442.88 0.00000012 UP 3.29 0.0000206 UP Pos — 745.24 19.44 2.81 0.00000099UP 3.35 0.0000042 UP Pos — 776.23 25.46 2.50 0.00002404 UP 3.080.0000594 UP Pos — 777.23 25.48 2.52 0.00008462 UP 3.10 0.0002452 UP Pos— 778.23 25.47 2.41 0.00006253 UP 2.93 0.0000148 UP Pos — 779.23 25.472.59 0.00002455 UP 3.16 0.0000966 UP Pos — 817.26 25.47 2.35 0.00000278UP 3.01 0.0000837 UP Pos — 818.26 25.47 2.51 0.00000074 UP 3.000.0000629 UP Pos — 819.26 25.46 2.85 0.00000789 UP 3.46 0.0000863 UP Pos— 820.26 25.47 2.79 0.00000004 UP 3.35 0.0000638 UP Pos — 850.25 30.922.42 0.00000034 UP 3.10 0.0000175 UP Pos — 851.25 30.92 2.41 0.00000045UP 3.02 0.0000089 UP Pos — 852.25 30.92 2.46 0.00000054 UP 3.180.0000085 UP Pos — 853.25 30.92 2.61 0.00000115 UP 3.33 0.0000019 UP Pos— 924.27 33.83 2.14 0.00000891 UP 2.68 0.0000139 UP Pos — 925.27 33.832.19 0.00000319 UP 2.71 0.0000170 UP Pos — 926.27 33.84 2.27 0.00000741UP 2.75 0.0000223 UP Pos — 927.27 33.83 2.19 0.00000877 UP 2.660.0000837 UP Pos MAG 16:0 331.28 8.51 1.67 0.00521131 UP 1.08 0.4349426DOWN Pos MAG 18:1 358.30 9.68 1.37 0.05789544 UP 1.01 0.9416353 UP PosPC 34:0 762.60 36.86 1.00 0.96044809 UP 1.03 0.5656804 DOWN Pos PC 36:1788.61 35.81 1.04 0.61030901 DOWN 1.02 0.7290154 DOWN Pos LPC 18:0524.37 7.49 1.48 0.00162470 UP 1.06 0.3699929 UP Pos LPC 18:1 522.355.29 1.24 0.04379242 UP 1.15 0.1837608 DOWN Pos LPC 20:4 544.34 5.291.69 0.03896284 UP 1.10 0.5096613 UP Neg FFA 16:0 255.23 14.24 1.170.07086814 UP 1.05 0.8357592 UP Neg FFA 18:1 281.25 15.75 1.230.03283308 UP 1.13 0.1567142 UP Neg FFA 18:0 283.26 20.89 1.220.01893619 UP 1.11 0.5950044 UP Neg FFA 20:4 303.23 12.39 1.170.03905025 UP 1.35 0.0096387 UP Neg PE 34:1 716.52 32.28 1.35 0.19422170DOWN 1.26 0.3113366 DOWN Neg PE 36:4 738.51 33.92 1.46 0.17404098 UP1.09 0.1400935 UP Neg PE 38:5 764.52 35.18 1.02 0.61002735 UP 1.020.5388540 UP Neg PE 38:4 766.54 36.76 1.01 0.83525337 UP 1.03 0.3995352UP Neg LPE 16:0 452.28 5.02 1.25 0.01607387 UP 1.03 0.6772790 DOWN NegLPE 18:1 478.29 5.66 1.50 0.08340579 UP 1.26 0.1805840 UP Neg LPE 18:0480.31 7.96 1.43 0.00005535 UP 1.19 0.0032877 UP Neg PA 34:1 673.4833.41 1.01 0.91354827 UP 1.27 0.0631068 DOWN Neg PS 34:1 760.51 31.801.07 0.35575526 UP 1.08 0.4901641 DOWN Neg PS 36:2 786.53 31.97 1.110.61545091 DOWN 1.29 0.1609645 DOWN Neg PS 36:1 788.54 34.16 1.030.46607524 DOWN 1.04 0.2746587 UP Neg PS 38:5 808.51 30.14 1.050.80187768 DOWN 1.03 0.8723866 DOWN Neg PG 32:0 721.50 30.94 1.260.25029036 DOWN 1.07 0.7705510 DOWN Neg PG 34:1 747.52 32.95 1.220.19905052 UP 1.09 0.1738809 DOWN Neg PG 34:0 749.53 34.04 1.240.00415650 UP 1.06 0.2788134 UP Neg PG 36:1 775.55 34.70 1.02 0.73375155UP 1.01 0.7979934 UP

The examples and embodiments described herein are for illustrativepurposes only and various modifications or changes suggested to personsskilled in the art are to be included within the spirit and purview ofthis application and scope of the appended claims.

1.-29. (canceled)
 30. A process of generating a lipid probe-proteincomposition, comprising: contacting a sample with a lipid probe; andtreating the sample comprising the lipid probe by a photoreactive meansto generate the lipid probe-protein composition, wherein the treatingtime is from about 5 minutes to about 1 hour; and wherein the lipidprobe is a lipid probe of Formula (I):

wherein: A is C₁₆-C₂₀alkyl or C₁₆-C₂₀alkenyl; D is —OH, —NH₂, —NHR⁷, or—OR; R⁷ is C₁-C₄alkyl, (C₁-C₅alkyl)OH, or (C₁-C₅)SO₃M; R⁸ is (CH₂OH)n; Mis monovalent or divalent cation; n is 1, 2, or 3; PG is a photoreactivegroup; and AH is an affinity handle; and wherein PG is attached to A orD and AH is attached to A or D.
 31. The process of claim 30, wherein thetreating time is about 10 minutes.
 32. The process of claim 30, whereinthe photoreactive group comprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds,diazirines, diazonium salts, or diaryl ketones.
 33. The process of claim30, wherein the affinity handle comprises a carbodiimide,N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester,hydroxymethyl phosphine, maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide,thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone, hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, orisocyanate group.
 34. The process of claim 30, wherein the protein is anenzyme, a transporter, a receptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or achaperone.
 35. The process of claim 30, wherein the protein is encodedby a gene of Table 3, a protein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or aprotein encoded by a gene of Table
 5. 36. The process of claim 30,wherein the photoreactive means comprises ultraviolet light.
 37. Theprocess of claim 30, wherein the treating occurs at a temperature offrom about 0° C. to about 40° C.
 38. The process of claim 30, whereinthe treating occurs at a temperature of about 4° C.
 39. A lipidprobe-protein composition generated by the process of claim
 31. 40. Aprocess of generating a lipid probe-protein composition, comprising:contacting a sample with a lipid probe, wherein the lipid probe isselected from Table 1; and treating the sample comprising the lipidprobe by a photoreactive means to generate the lipid probe-proteincomposition, wherein the treating time is from about 5 minutes to about1 hour.
 41. The process of claim 40, wherein the treating time is about10 minutes.
 42. The process of claim 40, wherein the photoreactive groupcomprises azides, benzophenone, diazo compounds, diazirines, diazoniumsalts, or diaryl ketones.
 43. The process of claim 40, wherein theaffinity handle comprises a carbodiimide, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)ester, imidoester, pentafluorophenyl ester, hydroxymethyl phosphine,maleimide, haloacetyl, pyridyl disulfide, thiosulfonate, vinylsulfone,hydrazide, alkoxyamine, alkyne, azide, or isocyanate group.
 44. Theprocess of claim 40, wherein the protein is an enzyme, a transporter, areceptor, an adaptor, a channel protein, or a chaperone.
 45. The processof claim 40, wherein the protein is encoded by a gene of Table 3, aprotein encoded by a gene of Table 4, or a protein encoded by a gene ofTable
 5. 46. The process of claim 40, wherein the photoreactive meanscomprises ultraviolet light.
 47. The process of claim 40, wherein thetreating occurs at a temperature of from about 0° C. to about 40° C. 48.The process of claim 40, wherein the treating occurs at a temperature ofabout 4° C.
 49. A lipid probe-protein composition generated by theprocess of claim 40.